How common is the surname Brandes?

3,127 people in the United States had the surname Brandes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,735 Americans. It ranked 10,302nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brandes?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Brandes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Brandes getting more or less common?

More common. 2,805 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,127 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Brandes

A surname, carried by 3,127 people in the United States.

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). Brandes is more common than 93.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,127 people named Brandes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,735 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,805.

#10,302

rank among US surnames

3,127

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+11.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,504)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,297	Breese	3,130	98,641
#10,298	Myhre	3,129	98,672
#10,301	Massengale	3,128	98,704
#10,302	Brandes	3,127	98,735
#10,306	Elson	3,126	98,767
#10,310	Utterback	3,125	98,799

Who is named Brandes

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

93% of people named Brandes identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brandes

Brandes 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 Brandes?: 3,127 people in the United States had the surname Brandes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,735 Americans. It ranked 10,302nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brandes?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Brandes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Brandes getting more or less common?: More common. 2,805 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,127 in 2010, up 12%.