# Brandenburg (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,624 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,691 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,081 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (9,338 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brandenburg 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brandenburg in the United States and Germany.

## People named Brandenburg

- Henriette Marie of Brandenburg-Schwedt, (1702-1782)
- Will Brandenburg, American alpine skier
- Larry Brandenburg, American actor

## Similar surnames

Brandt, Brandon, Brand, Brant, Brandes, Branton, Brantner, Brandl, Brandel, Brandao, Brandow, Brandy.

## 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.