Brandal Surname

313,233rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Brandal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brandal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway8311:6,188624
United States2931:1,237,06187,515
Denmark351:161,27813,908
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
England41:13,929,515290,718
Faroe Islands31:16,3331,308
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States601:836,97851,589

Brandal (80) may also be a first name.

Brandal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Brandal Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Brandal is most common in Norway. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Brandal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brandal? popularity and diffusion

Brandal is the 313,233rd most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 6,072,955 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Brandal are found; 73 percent are found in Northern Europe and 72 percent are found in Scandinavia. Brandal is also the 1,075,395th most common first name globally, held by 80 people.

The surname Brandal is most commonly used in Norway, where it is carried by 831 people, or 1 in 6,188. In Norway Brandal is primarily concentrated in: Western Norway, where 74 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 20 percent live and Southern Norway, where 4 percent live. Not including Norway Brandal is found in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent live and Denmark, where 3 percent live.

Brandal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brandal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brandal last name expanded 488 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brandal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brandal surname are 29.83% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.6% being registered with the political party.

The amount Brandal earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 13.05% more than the national average, earning 391,236 kr per year; in United States they earn 19.23% less than the national average, earning $34,850 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.75% less than the national average, earning $43,350 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brandal
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