# Brandao (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brandao/  
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) | 960 |
| US rank (2010) | 25,684 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 321,610 people |
| Change since 2000 | +62% (593 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brandao 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) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.1% |
| Two or more races | 4.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brandao in Brazil and Malaysia.

## People named Brandao

- Élton Rodrigues Brandão, Brazilian association football player
- José Augusto Brandão, Brazilian footballer (1911-1989)
- Osvaldo Brandão, Brazilian football manager (1916–1989)
- Diego Brandão, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Fernanda Brandão, Brazilian singer and dancer
- Ignacio de Loyola Brandao, Brazilian writer
- Leci Brandão, Brazilian composer and singer
- Juninho Brandão, association football player
- Silviano Brandão, Brazilian physician and politician, 4th president of the State of Minas Gerais and vice pr
- João Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer

## Similar surnames

Brand, Brant, Borunda, Brandow, Brandy, Brandau, Brandt, Brandon, Brandenburg, Brandes, Branton, Brandl.

## 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.