Brawn

See also: brawn

English

Etymology

As an English surname, probably a variant of Brand.
As a German surname, possibly altered from Braun.

Proper noun

Brawn (plural Brawns)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Brawn is the 15429^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1899 individuals. Brawn is most common among White (70.93%) and Black/African American (22.49%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brawn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 219.

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