# Brand (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brand/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 19,135 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,879 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,135 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (18,750 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /brænd/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English, Scottish, north German, Dutch, French, and North Germanic surname, from a Germanic personal name derived from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“sword, firebrand, torch”), as in the second element of Hildebrand. * Also as a German surname, variant of Brandt. * As a Swedish and Danish surname, from brand (“fire”). * As a Jewish surname, from German Brand (“fire”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brand in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brand in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany.

## People named Brand

- Elton Brand, American basketball player (born 1979)
- Neville Brand, American actor (1920–1992)
- Jo Brand, British comedian
- Stewart Brand, American writer (born 1938)
- Steven Brand, British actor
- Johann Christian Brand, Austrian painter and engraver (1722-1795)
- Friedrich August Brand, Austrian artist (1735-1806)

## Similar surnames

Brant, Brandao, Brandow, Brandy, Brandau, Bryant, Brandt, Brandon, Brantley, Brandenburg, Berndt, Brundage.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.