Brau

See also: brau, brâu, and Bräu

English

Etymology

Two possible origins:

• Borrowed from South German Bräu, an occupational surname from a shortened form of an agent noun denoting a brewer;
• Borrowed from Catalan and southern French Brau, a nickname from Catalan brau (“brave, fierce”) or Occitan brau (“wild”).

Proper noun

Brau (plural Braus)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brau is the 41799^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 520 individuals. Brau is most common among White (77.12%) and Hispanic/Latino (20.96%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brau”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 218.