Brandreth is used as a family name or surname in Welsh and Gaelic. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Brandreth
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Welsh and Gaelic
Meaning: In both Welsh and Gaelic, Bran signifies a swift river and dreth, the sandy shore or strand. Brandreth may also mean the sandy shore frequented by wild-fowl, from Bran, a crow and drewth, as above. In Welsh, Bewyndreth denotes the shore abounding with rushes, from brwyn, rushes and treth, the shore. While some believe, Bran in the sense of dark or black like dark shore or water or a place on the shore of the river Bran.

How popular is Brandreth?

Brandreth is ranked 264898 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Brandreths grew by 19.13043 per cent to 137 since 2000 and ranked 125282 after elevating 9647 spots. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.62 94.78
Brandreth is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in England which may be its originating country too. Around 1180 people have been found who wears Brandreth as their family name. Brandreth have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
4,138 Bahrain3
12,161 Wales2
277,603 France1
169,904 Brazil1
62,864 New Zealand1
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,079 Australia100
33,285 Canada99
Countries with hundreds of Brandreth:
12,803 England468
20,379 South Africa292
107,977 United States205

Brandreth Namesakes

  • Gyles Brandreth, Writer
  • Benet Brandreth, Film actor
  • Gyles Brandreth, Writer
  • Gyles Brandreth, Writer
  • Gyles Brandreth, Writer
  • Gyles Brandreth, Writer
  • Benjamin Brandreth, Former New York State Senator
  • Gyles Brandreth, Writer

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