Braim families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko area and in Zagreb. In Lasinja in Jastrebarsko area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Braim.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Braim live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties and 11 other places, mostly in Lasinja in Jastrebarsko area (65), Zagreb (25), Karlovac (<10), Rakitovec (<10), and in Pisarovina in Jastrebarsko area (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.