How common is the surname Brand?

19,135 people in the United States had the surname Brand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,135 Americans. It ranked 1,879th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brand?

Elton Brand, American basketball player (born 1979), followed by Neville Brand.

Where is the surname Brand most common?

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

How do you pronounce Brand?

Brand is /brænd/, one syllable.

Is the surname Brand getting more or less common?

More common. 18,750 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,135 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Brand

A surname, carried by 19,135 people in the United States.

Pronounced /brænd/ 1 syllable Soundex B653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brand is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

* 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”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 19,135 people named Brand in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,135 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,750.

#1,879

rank among US surnames

19,135

people in 2010

6.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,751)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,870	Langford	19,208	16,074
#1,871	Herndon	19,183	16,095
#1,872	Napier	19,182	16,096
#1,873	Lai	19,157	16,117
#1,874	Reeder	19,155	16,118
#1,875	McNeill	19,152	16,121
#1,876	Landers	19,144	16,128

Who is named Brand

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named Brand identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brands

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elton Brand
American basketball player (born 1979)
Neville Brand
American actor (1920–1992)
Jo Brand
British comedian, born 1957
Stewart Brand
American writer (born 1938)
Steven Brand
British actor, born 1969
Johann Christian Brand
Austrian painter and engraver (1722-1795)
Friedrich August Brand
Austrian artist (1735-1806)

Notable Brands come mostly from the United States (3), the United Kingdom (2) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brand

Brand has the Soundex code B653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B653.

Questions

Where does the surname Brand come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname Brand?: 19,135 people in the United States had the surname Brand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,135 Americans. It ranked 1,879th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brand?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Brand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brand?: Elton Brand, American basketball player (born 1979), followed by Neville Brand.
Where is the surname Brand most common?: Wikidata records people named Brand in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany.
How do you pronounce Brand?: Brand is /brænd/, one syllable.
Is the surname Brand getting more or less common?: More common. 18,750 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,135 in 2010, up 2.1%.