Brandes is used as a family name or surname in Israel, Germany. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Brandes
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Israel, Germany
Meaning:

Brandes is form of Brandt. Dweller on a farm cleared by burning; dweller near the Brant meaning "steep," a river in Lincolnshire.

The lastname Brandes is form of Brand. Old Norse brandr, a sword, whence the Old English brand, with the same meaning. As a personal name it occurs in the genealogy of the Northumbrian kings from Woden. It was a very common old Scandinavian name, and it is still used in Iceland. Brand is found in Domesday as a previous tenant. Mr. Denham observes, that it is rather singular that the ordinary synonym for a sword should be brand. The name of the weapon taken from King Bucar by the Cid was Tizona, or the fire-brand. And he adds that "many swords were flamboyant; hence the word brand."

How popular is Brandes?

Brandes is common in Germany, United States, Brazil, Philippines, Israel, Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada.

Brandes is ranked 25227 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Brandess grew by 11.48 per cent to 3127 since 2000 and ranked 10302 after elevating 202 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.93 94.65
Hispanic or Latino 3.42 2.53
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.44 1.18
Others 1.25 0.96
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.74 0.43
Black 0.22 0.25
Brandes is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 21389 people have been found who wears Brandes as their family name. Brandes is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Brandes:
753 Germany13,006
Countries with thousands of Brandes:
9,427 United States4,363
7,554 Brazil1,092
Countries with hundreds of Brandes:
30,289 Philippines533
2,912 Israel438
6,588 Netherlands433
5,115 Switzerland234
16,926 Canada219
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
89,060 France94
112,888 Indonesia76
40,828 England76
7,655 Denmark72
9,670 Sweden72
49,289 Argentina59
61,274 South Africa55
15,207 Peru54
39,816 Australia51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,136 Dominican Republic46
7,891 Uruguay45
12,225 Finland43
27,778 Austria37
26,679 Mexico30
135,384 Ukraine29
94,040 Italy25
254,708 Russia23
42,756 Belarus22
19,125 Chile19
63,384 Spain16
26,733 Venezuela13
73,966 Belgium12
120,990 Poland12
73,425 Czechia12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
426,148 Thailand10
26,217 Estonia8
3,435 Puerto Rico7
72,091 Tanzania6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer M. Brandes from Leiferte, Germany aboard the Admiral Browning from Bremen. He is registered to be 48 years old when he arrived in New York on November 1, 1852. 16 years old Wilh. Brandes, Wilh. Brandes, aged 32, Theod. Brandes (27) Apothecary, Mary Brandes, Elisabetha Brandes (25), 26 years old John-Conr. Brandes, Henry Brandes (29) Merchant, 16 years old Dorothea Brandes, and 398 other Brandes around 41.3% of whom were farmer while others worked as shoemaker and merchant, joiner, carpenter, painter, laborer, servant, tailor, farmer and mechanic, miller, daughter, smith, locksmith, butcher, bird man, baker migrated to US from Bremen, Bremerhaven and Hamburg.

Brandes Namesakes

  • Edvard Brandes, Danish politician, critic and author
  • Wilhelm Brandes, German-born Swedish rowing coxswain
  • Georg Brandes, Danish critic and scholar
  • David Brandes, Swiss-born German songwriter and producer
  • Eddo Brandes, former Zimbabwean cricketer
  • John Brandes, former American football tight end and long snapper

Brandes Namesakes

  • Edvard Brandes, Danish politician, critic and author
  • Wilhelm Brandes, German-born Swedish rowing coxswain
  • Georg Brandes, Danish critic and scholar
  • David Brandes, Swiss-born German songwriter and producer
  • Eddo Brandes, former Zimbabwean cricketer
  • John Brandes, former American football tight end and long snapper

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