Brandenburger Surname

115,089th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,014 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Brandenburger Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Brandenburg, a district in northern Germany.

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Brandenburger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,5441:31,6454,162
United States7791:465,28739,642
Luxembourg3131:1,855198
France1441:461,26965,815
Switzerland691:119,02812,127
Brazil591:3,628,379101,412
Poland371:1,027,26372,414
England191:2,932,529101,561
Austria101:851,54467,454
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
China21:683,660,78330,601
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States791:635,68042,122

The alternate forms: Brandenbürger (7) are calculated separately.

Brandenburger Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Brandenburg, a district in northern Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Germanic (except English) surnames ending in er mean 'of/from'. When it has a toponym, it means 'from that toponym'. Brandenburger = from Brandenburg. Brandenburg is a German state home to the airport of the German capital (Berlin airport, located out of Berlin's city state, in a settlement named Schonefeld).

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Brandenburger Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brandenburger is found most frequently in Germany. It can occur as a variant: Brandenbürger. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brandenburger? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brandenburger is the 115,089th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,815,532 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Brandenburger are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 73 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 2,544 people, or 1 in 31,645. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 18 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 15 percent are found. Not including Germany this surname exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Luxembourg, where 8 percent are found.

Brandenburger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brandenburger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brandenburger surname increased 986 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brandenburger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Brandenburger last name are 13.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.14% registered with the political party.

Brandenburger earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.56% less than the national average, earning $39,889 USD per year.

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