Find out how popular the last name Eisenbraun is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Eisenbraun.

Eisenbraun, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Eisenbraun surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Eisenbraun in America

Eisenbraun is the 30630th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Eisenbraun surname appeared 761 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Eisenbraun.

We can also compare 2010 data for Eisenbraun to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Eisenbraun

The surname Eisenbraun has its origins in Germany and dates back to the late medieval period. It is derived from the Old German words "isen" meaning iron and "braun" meaning brown, likely referring to someone who worked with iron or had brown hair or complexion.

The first recorded instance of the name appears in a document from the city of Nuremberg in 1412, where a certain Hans Eisenbraun is mentioned as a blacksmith. This suggests the name may have originally been an occupational surname for someone involved in metalworking.

In the 16th century, there are records of an Eisenbraun family residing in the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria. The 1589 tax records list a farmer named Georg Eisenbraun as a landowner in the area.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Johannes Eisenbraun, a Lutheran theologian born in Pomerania (now part of Poland and Germany) in 1609. He studied at the University of Greifswald and later became a pastor in the town of Grimmen.

The name can also be found in various other historical records from German-speaking regions, sometimes with spelling variations like Eisenbraun, Eisenbraunt, or Eisenbrauner. For example, a 1683 church register from Saxony mentions the birth of Anna Eisenbrauner.

Notable individuals with the surname include Karl Eisenbraun (1825-1900), a German painter known for his landscape paintings, and Theodor Eisenbraun (1868-1942), an Austrian architect who designed several buildings in Vienna in the Jugendstil style. Walther Eisenbraun (1876-1952) was a German actor who appeared in over 100 films during the silent and early sound eras of cinema.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Eisenbraun

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Eisenbraun.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Eisenbraun was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Eisenbraun has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Eisenbraun was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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