How common is the surname Brandt?

36,613 people in the United States had the surname Brandt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,433 Americans. It ranked 948th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brandt?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Brandt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brandt?

Betsy Brandt, American actress (born 1973), followed by Marianne Brandt.

Where is the surname Brandt most common?

Wikidata records people named Brandt in the United States, Austria and Australia and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Brandt getting more or less common?

More common. 35,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,613 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Brandt

A German place surname, carried by 36,613 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). Brandt is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

Brandt is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 36,613 people named Brandt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,433 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 35,616.

#948

rank among US surnames

36,613

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #885)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#939	McCarty	36,944	8,357
#940	Avalos	36,922	8,362
#941	Booker	36,840	8,381
#942	Waller	36,805	8,389
#943	Parra	36,765	8,398
#944	Woodward	36,764	8,398
#945	Jaramillo	36,755	8,400

Who is named Brandt

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

94% of people named Brandt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brandts

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Betsy Brandt
American actress (born 1973)
Marianne Brandt
Austrian contralto (1842–1921)
Hannah Brandt
American ice hockey player, born 1993
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, 1942–2024
Lars Brandt
Artist, born 1951
Jan De Brandt
Belgian volleyball coach, born 1959
Marthina Brandt
Brazilian model, Miss Brasil 2015
Elpis Melena
Anglo-German writer (1818-1899)

Notable Brandts come mostly from the United States (4), Austria (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brandt

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brandt come from?: German and Alemannic German surname for someone who lived in an area cleared by fire, from Brandt. Compare Brand.
How common is the surname Brandt?: 36,613 people in the United States had the surname Brandt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,433 Americans. It ranked 948th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brandt?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Brandt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brandt?: Betsy Brandt, American actress (born 1973), followed by Marianne Brandt.
Where is the surname Brandt most common?: Wikidata records people named Brandt in the United States, Austria and Australia and 3 other countries.
What type of surname is Brandt?: Brandt is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Brandt getting more or less common?: More common. 35,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,613 in 2010, up 2.8%.