# Brandt (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 36,613 |
| US rank (2010) | 948 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,433 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (35,616 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

German and Alemannic German surname for someone who lived in an area cleared by fire, from Brandt. Compare Brand.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brandt 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) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brandt in the United States, Austria, Australia, Germany, Belgium and Brazil.

## People named Brandt

- Betsy Brandt, American actress (born 1973)
- Marianne Brandt, Austrian contralto (1842–1921)
- Hannah Brandt, American ice hockey player
- Julius Brandt, actor (1873-1949)
- Richard Brandt, American philosopher (1910–1997)
- Angus Brandt, Australian basketball player (born 1989)
- Charles Brandt, American former investigator and writer
- Lars Brandt, artist
- Jan De Brandt, Belgian volleyball coach
- Marthina Brandt, Brazilian model, Miss Brasil 2015
- Elpis Melena, Anglo-German writer (1818-1899)

## Similar surnames

Berndt, Behrendt, Bryant, Brandon, Brantley, Brand, Brant, Brandenburg, Brent, Brandes, Brunet, Branton.

## 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.