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The Brumm surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,443 people carried this name — #18,918 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,392 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Brumm surname

From the German surname, from the verb brummen (“to buzz”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Brumm» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 157 people named Brumm.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Bas-Rhin 112
Moselle 17
Meurthe-et-Moselle 12
Marne 3
Rhône 2
Seine-et-Marne 1
Paris 1
Oise 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

23 people named Brumm live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 15
Schaffhausen 5
St. Gallen 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Brumm,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles N. Brumm
    Charles N. Brumm 1838–1917 · judge
  • George F. Brumm
    George F. Brumm 1880–1934 · lawyer
  • Laura Brumm 1867–
  • Roman Brumm 1898–1981 · American football player
  • Karl Brumm 1902–1965 · judge
  • Karl Brumm 1902–1965 · judge

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Brumm.

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