How common is the surname Brandau?

1,019 people in the United States had the surname Brandau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. It ranked 24,531st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brandau?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Brandau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Brandau getting more or less common?

More common. 972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,019 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Brandau

A surname, carried by 1,019 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brandau is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,019 people named Brandau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 972.

#24,531

rank among US surnames

1,019

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #24,180)

Who is named Brandau

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

97% of people named Brandau identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brandau

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

Questions

How common is the surname Brandau?: 1,019 people in the United States had the surname Brandau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. It ranked 24,531st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brandau?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Brandau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Brandau getting more or less common?: More common. 972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,019 in 2010, up 4.8%.