Brandon Surname
Approximately 45,898 people bear this surname
Brandon Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Brandon,' parishes in Norfolk; also townships in County Durham and Northumberland; also a hamlet in Warwickshire, in the parish of Woltston.
Magota de Brandon, chapman, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameBrandon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33,076 | 1:10,958 | 1,343 |
| England | 3,597 | 1:15,490 | 2,268 |
| Canada | 1,563 | 1:23,574 | 3,209 |
| Australia | 1,496 | 1:18,045 | 2,523 |
| France | 1,290 | 1:51,490 | 6,761 |
| Spain | 553 | 1:84,543 | 7,213 |
| South Africa | 516 | 1:104,996 | 12,690 |
| Uruguay | 381 | 1:9,007 | 1,014 |
| Netherlands | 367 | 1:46,014 | 7,824 |
| Ireland | 306 | 1:15,389 | 1,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| New Zealand | 283 | 1:16,001 | 2,792 |
| Suriname | 275 | 1:2,010 | 257 |
| Scotland | 240 | 1:22,308 | 2,535 |
| Jamaica | 168 | 1:17,083 | 1,574 |
| Wales | 134 | 1:23,094 | 2,450 |
| Kenya | 132 | 1:349,848 | 20,694 |
| Argentina | 112 | 1:381,638 | 29,480 |
| Guyana | 86 | 1:8,863 | 1,398 |
| Peru | 80 | 1:397,302 | 12,780 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| Ecuador | 61 | 1:260,752 | 8,586 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Thailand | 36 | 1:1,962,176 | 235,280 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| Brazil | 33 | 1:6,487,101 | 155,169 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Colombia | 30 | 1:1,592,469 | 11,125 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Switzerland | 27 | 1:304,182 | 24,091 |
| Mexico | 26 | 1:4,774,085 | 28,474 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 26 | 1:52,461 | 4,513 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Cayman Islands | 24 | 1:2,662 | 342 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Venezuela | 24 | 1:1,258,503 | 17,711 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Belize | 15 | 1:23,698 | 1,879 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Northern Ireland | 13 | 1:141,926 | 7,751 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 12 | 1:8,264 | 893 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Barbados | 11 | 1:26,132 | 1,223 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Panama | 7 | 1:558,894 | 9,437 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:14,304 | 3,169 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 263 | 1:16,844 | 2,078 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,459 | 1:16,707 | 2,441 |
| Scotland | 68 | 1:55,047 | 3,627 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,098 | 1:9,851 | 1,265 |
The alternate forms: Brandón (7) are calculated separately.
Brandon (425,122) may also be a first name.
Brandon Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Brandon,' parishes in Norfolk; also townships in County Durham and Northumberland; also a hamlet in Warwickshire, in the parish of Woltston.
Magota de Brandon, chapman, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1632-3. Richard Bamesand Susan Brandon: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).
1634. Married — Edward Smith and Alice Brandon: St. Thomas the Apostle (London).
1791. — William Brandon and Margaret Elliott: St. George, Hanover Square.
Helen Brandon in Waltoun, parish of Forfar, 1683 (St. Andrews), may have derived from Brandon in Northumberland. There is another Brandon in county Durham.
(English) belonging to Brandon = 1 the Fire (Beacon) Down or Hill [Old English brand + dún] 2 the High or Steep Down or Hill [Old English brant + dún] 3 the Bilberry Down or Hill [Old English bran + dún]
(English) One who came from Brandon (broom hill), the name of several villages in England.
Places in cos. Northumb. Suffolk, Norfolk, and Warwick.
Local. A market—town in Suffolk, England, and means either the burnt town, or the crows' hill.
A location name in Norfolk, Suffolk.
Brandon Demographics
Average Brandon Salary in
United States
$40,816 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Brandon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brandon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brandon (Arabic: براندون, Marathi: न्डोन, Russian: Брандон) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant: Brandón. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brandon? popularity and diffusion
Brandon is the 12,237th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 158,777 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Brandon reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Brandon is also the 2,404th most frequently held forename world-wide. It is borne by 425,122 people.
It is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 33,076 people, or 1 in 10,958. In The United States Brandon is mostly found in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, Tennessee, where 6 percent are found and North Carolina, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 108 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Brandon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Brandon has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 649 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 247 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 116 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 353 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 3,350 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brandon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Brandon last name is predominantly Catholic (65%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Brandon surname are 8.41% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.18% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Brandon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 68.65% more than the national average, earning S/. 32,692 per year; in South Africa they earn 119.68% more than the national average, earning R 522,036 per year; in Colombia they earn 12.54% more than the national average, earning $25,550,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.41% less than the national average, earning $40,816 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.04% less than the national average, earning $49,164 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandón | 95 | 7 | / |
| Brandone | 93 | 262 | / |
| Breandon | 93 | 5 | / |
| Brandoin | 93 | 3 | / |
| Brandont | 93 | 1 | / |
| Braindon | 93 | 1 | / |
| Brhandon | 93 | 1 | / |
| Braandon | 93 | 1 | / |
| Brandhon | 93 | 1 | / |
| Brandonn | 93 | 0 | / |
| Brandão | 86 | 40,450 | / |
| Brandan | 86 | 16,514 | / |
| Brandom | 86 | 612 | / |
| Brondon | 86 | 52 | / |
| Brandán | 86 | 22 | / |
| Bramdon | 86 | 4 | / |
| Vrandon | 86 | 1 | / |
| Brandun | 86 | 0 | / |
| Brandonová | 82 | 2 | / |
| Brassindon | 82 | 0 | / |
| Brandant | 80 | 11 | / |
| Brandane | 80 | 10 | / |
| Brondong | 80 | 3 | / |
| Breandan | 80 | 3 | / |
| Branduin | 80 | 2 | / |
| Brandand | 80 | 1 | / |
| Brrandan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Braindan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Brandhan | 80 | 0 | / |
| Brandune | 80 | 0 | / |
| Brandã | 77 | 1 | / |
| Braindant | 75 | 3 | / |
| Breanndan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Brandhann | 75 | 1 | / |
| Brandum | 71 | 127 | / |
| Brandam | 71 | 117 | / |
| Bramdão | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vrandan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bromdon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Brandham | 67 | 332 | / |
| Bromddon | 67 | 0 | / |
Brandon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brandon in the Marathi language | ||
| न्डोन | ndona | 50 |
| अरनो | arano | 50 |
| Brandon in the Russian language | ||
| Брандон | brandon | - |
| Brandon in the Arabic language | ||
| براندون | brandwn | - |
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