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    The surname Brandwein

    A German occupational surname, carried by 537 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B653

    Brandwein: #40,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Brandwein #40,672, 537 people Brandwein: #40,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Brandwein #40,672, 537 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brandwein is more common than 74.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Brandwein, a Jewish Ashkenazi metonymic occupational surname for a distiller, from Branntwein (“spirit, booze”).

    Brandwein is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    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 537 people named Brandwein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 491.

    #40,672
    rank among US surnames
    537
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.4%
    change since 2000 (was #41,722)

    Who is named Brandwein

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

    96% of people named Brandwein identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brandweins

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Naftule Brandwein
      American klezmer musician, 1884–1963

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brandwein

    Brandwein 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 Brandwein come from?
    Borrowed from German Brandwein, a Jewish Ashkenazi metonymic occupational surname for a distiller, from Branntwein (“spirit, booze”).
    How common is the surname Brandwein?
    537 people in the United States had the surname Brandwein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. It ranked 40,672nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brandwein?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brandwein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Brandwein?
    Naftule Brandwein, American klezmer musician.
    Where is the surname Brandwein most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brandwein in Austria–Hungary.
    What type of surname is Brandwein?
    Brandwein is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Brandwein getting more or less common?
    More common. 491 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 537 in 2010, up 9.4%.