Brau is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Brau
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Focused in the Hautes-Pyrénées (also 66, 11), should be a place name with the meaning of mire, marshy place. However, one can not completely exclude the Occitan name "brau" (= bull) and the adjective "brau" (= wild, hard).

How popular is Brau?

Brau is common in Germany.

Brau is ranked 77822 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Braus grew by 13.28976 per cent to 520 since 2000 and ranked 41799 after elevating 2393 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 77.12 84.53
Hispanic or Latino 20.96 13.51
Black 1.15 1.31
Brau is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Monaco is ahead in terms of density. Around 5674 people have been found who wears Brau as their family name. Brau is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
746,494 India7
122,390 Belarus4
114,007 Czech Republic4
16,136 Kenya3
1,169 New Caledonia2
723,167 Indonesia2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
50,549 Georgia1
24,771 Colombia1
31,207 Ireland1
12,745 Luxembourg1
2,309 Monaco1
5,916 Mozambique1
444 Faroe Islands1
36,814 Romania1
19,533 Uruguay1
29,774 Venezuela1
49,529 Israel1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
83,908 England38
28,564 Switzerland36
82,145 Canada34
257,310 Russia31
11,444 Portugal28
78,557 Netherlands13
220,909 Ukraine12
120,934 Australia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,622 Puerto Rico82
22,440 Belgium74
18,012 Peru57
Countries with hundreds of Brau:
37,375 United States757
5,973 Spain711
18,512 Italy560
12,518 Mexico340
16,501 Argentina328
42,856 Brazil254
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Brau:
7,826 France1,127
9,390 Germany1,042
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Comments

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Flor Maston
 Brau is a lunch last name, from the Latin barbarus meaning wild, was appointed by former Occitan a bull, nickname of a rough man, bad.

Brau Namesakes

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  • Artur Brauner, Film producer
  • Agnelle Braun, Actress
  • Aiva Brauna, Musical Artist
  • Frederick Braue, Journalist
  • Timothy Braun, Author
  • Alexandra Braun, Film actress
  • Allie Braun, Actress

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