Brandt Surname
Approximately 171,880 people bear this surname
Brandt Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Brand': said to be still in use in Iceland as a fontal name. In England it had gone out of use before the 13th century began.
William Brand, or Brant, Lincolnshire, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameBrandt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 72,510 | 1:1,110 | 77 |
| United States | 52,404 | 1:6,917 | 815 |
| South Africa | 7,856 | 1:6,896 | 885 |
| Brazil | 6,647 | 1:32,206 | 1,359 |
| Denmark | 4,582 | 1:1,232 | 72 |
| Sweden | 4,554 | 1:2,162 | 201 |
| Canada | 2,771 | 1:13,297 | 1,964 |
| Netherlands | 2,151 | 1:7,851 | 958 |
| Poland | 2,150 | 1:17,678 | 2,624 |
| Namibia | 1,764 | 1:1,366 | 182 |
| France | 1,565 | 1:42,443 | 5,348 |
| Russia | 1,205 | 1:119,604 | 14,327 |
| Belgium | 1,073 | 1:10,714 | 1,550 |
| Australia | 1,043 | 1:25,883 | 3,528 |
| Switzerland | 961 | 1:8,546 | 1,407 |
| Norway | 838 | 1:6,136 | 617 |
| Venezuela | 812 | 1:37,197 | 2,103 |
| Argentina | 717 | 1:59,614 | 5,077 |
| Finland | 707 | 1:7,775 | 1,212 |
| England | 677 | 1:82,301 | 9,096 |
| Austria | 561 | 1:15,179 | 2,251 |
| Chile | 545 | 1:32,324 | 1,723 |
| Greenland | 461 | 1:122 | 24 |
| Hungary | 396 | 1:24,789 | 2,757 |
| Thailand | 265 | 1:266,560 | 45,681 |
| Mexico | 213 | 1:582,752 | 9,793 |
| Spain | 189 | 1:247,365 | 15,898 |
| Zimbabwe | 183 | 1:84,362 | 12,279 |
| New Zealand | 171 | 1:26,481 | 4,643 |
| Estonia | 169 | 1:7,821 | 1,013 |
| Israel | 135 | 1:63,390 | 7,977 |
| Guyana | 123 | 1:6,197 | 1,065 |
| Dominican Republic | 108 | 1:96,601 | 4,209 |
| Ecuador | 81 | 1:196,368 | 7,800 |
| Slovakia | 72 | 1:74,117 | 14,362 |
| Croatia | 67 | 1:63,113 | 11,594 |
| Italy | 67 | 1:912,786 | 67,190 |
| Jamaica | 66 | 1:43,484 | 2,689 |
| Czechia | 52 | 1:204,490 | 29,445 |
| Colombia | 49 | 1:974,981 | 9,135 |
| Ukraine | 47 | 1:968,568 | 91,201 |
| Belarus | 41 | 1:231,733 | 28,176 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| Kazakhstan | 39 | 1:453,397 | 34,287 |
| Paraguay | 36 | 1:201,021 | 3,750 |
| Luxembourg | 32 | 1:18,142 | 3,979 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Slovenia | 28 | 1:88,846 | 11,009 |
| Scotland | 27 | 1:198,290 | 10,618 |
| Malta | 24 | 1:17,928 | 1,021 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 23 | 1:4,799 | 753 |
| Peru | 22 | 1:1,444,733 | 22,095 |
| American Samoa | 19 | 1:2,935 | 631 |
| Nicaragua | 19 | 1:316,899 | 3,057 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Iceland | 18 | 1:21,116 | 1,735 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Costa Rica | 16 | 1:298,754 | 3,169 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| Uruguay | 16 | 1:214,485 | 16,699 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:193,408 | 12,484 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Hong Kong | 14 | 1:523,963 | 3,360 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Serbia | 14 | 1:510,353 | 19,964 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 12 | 1:497,721 | 37,801 |
| Japan | 11 | 1:11,622,208 | 45,659 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Greece | 10 | 1:1,107,979 | 84,839 |
| Haiti | 10 | 1:1,068,391 | 11,823 |
| Romania | 10 | 1:2,007,787 | 54,092 |
| Turkey | 10 | 1:7,782,142 | 126,629 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Cayman Islands | 9 | 1:7,099 | 820 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Montserrat | 4 | 1:1,237 | 187 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 123 | 1:198,174 | 15,835 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,747 | 1:8,738 | 1,119 |
Brandt (4,981) may also be a first name.
Brandt Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Brand': said to be still in use in Iceland as a fontal name. In England it had gone out of use before the 13th century began.
William Brand, or Brant, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Walter Brand, or Brant, Lincolnshire, ibid.
John Brand, Oxfordshire, 1273, Hundred Rolls.
Robert Brand, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Wymer Brant, Norfolk, ibid.
1796. Married — John Brand and Elizabeth Clubb: St. George, Hanover Square.
1802. — Thomas Brant and Abigail Bone: ibid.
A common Old English personal name, ON. Brandr, Old Swedish, Brander, Old Danish, Brand. It was a common name in the Danelaw. "The name Brand in England is usually taken to be of Norse origin, but it may be noted that as early as 1046 we find Bransbury, Hants, as Brandesburh, while Branston, Staffs, is Brantestun, in a charter (Birch, Cart. Saxonicum, 978) dated 956" (Mawer, p. 30). Giliane Brand held land in Irvine, 1323 (Irvine, I, p. 124). Thomas Brand was burgess of Edinburgh in 1512 (Laing, 287), and the name was common there in the seventeenth century (Edinb. Marr.). Adam Brand had a charter of lands of Steillend, 1631 (Pitfirrane, 526), William Brand is recorded in Urquhart, 1685 (RPC., 3. ser. X, p. 388), and James Brand was baker in the burgh of Canongate, Edinburgh, 1700 (Inquis., 8785). The Brands of Redhill or Castle Brand were an old family in Angus. As a forename we have Brande Fide, 1506 (Cawdor, p. 118).
(German, English) Dweller on a farm cleared by burning; dweller near the Brant (steep), a river in Lincolnshire.
Ole Norse, brandr, a sword, whence the Old English brand, with the same meaning. As a personal name it occurs in the genealogy of the Northumbrian kings from Woden. It was a very common old Scandinavian name, and it is still used in Iceland. Ferguson. Brand is found in Domesd. as a previous tenant. Mr. Denham observes, that it is rather singular that the ordinary synonym for a sword should be brand. The name of the weapon taken from King Bucar by the Cid was Tizona, or the fire-brand. And he adds that "many swords were flamboyant; hence the word brand." Slogans of N. of English p. xvii.
In all the Teutonic dialects brand signifies to burn; also a sword, either from its brandishing, or from its glittering brightness. Brant, a hill; steep, high; Welsh, Bryn.
The Rev. Thomas Brand, rector of Leaden Roding, who died in 1654, was the ancestor of Timothy Brand, Esq., of the Hide, Ingatestone, who was high sheriff of the county in 1721 (M. and W.). A gentle family of this name, of Polstead Hall, Suffolk, in the 17th and 18th centuries, also owned in Essex the estates of Netherhall in West Bergholt and Mevaromes in Frating (M.). The name was represented in Lincolnshire and Oxfordshire in the 13th century (H. R.). There is a Lincolnshire parish thus called. The surname also now occurs in Herts.
User-submitted Reference
This surname, especially on countries with Latin based languages, it's a Latinization from the Brandt surname. The original word seems to mean (on Anglo-Saxonic languages) either fire, either sword - brandr on Norse or brand in ancient English, either lighthouse. It's linguistic root is found also in names as Brandon.
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Brandt Religious Adherence
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Brandt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brandt Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Brandt (Arabic: براندت, Russian: Брандт) occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brandt? popularity and diffusion
The surname Brandt is the 3,279th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 42,399 people. The surname Brandt is primarily found in Europe, where 55 percent of Brandt live; 46 percent live in Western Europe and 44 percent live in Germanic Europe. Brandt is also the 96,425th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 4,981 people.
This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 72,510 people, or 1 in 1,110. In Germany Brandt is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 19 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 9 percent are found. Not including Germany this last name occurs in 126 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
Brandt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Brandt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Brandt last name expanded 912 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 550 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 2,700 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 178 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brandt Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (78%) in Ireland, Orthodox (77%) in Russia, Orthodox (67%) in Belarus and Sunni (67%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Brandt last name are 18.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.88% registered with the party.
The amount Brandt earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 46.94% more than the national average, earning €44,125 per year; in Norway they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning 341,894 kr per year; in Peru they earn 7.63% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,906 per year; in South Africa they earn 4.7% more than the national average, earning R 248,796 per year; in Colombia they earn 14.09% more than the national average, earning $25,901,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.87% more than the national average, earning $46,115 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.55% less than the national average, earning $49,408 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brandt Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brandt in the Russian language | ||
| Брандт | brandt | - |
| Brandt in the Arabic language | ||
| براندت | brandt | - |
| برانت | brant | - |
| برندت | brndt | - |
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Brandt Reference & Research
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