Brandscheid Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Brandscheid Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brandscheid Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1701:473,56241,271
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Austria61:1,419,23986,529
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Brandscheid Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brandscheid is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brandscheid? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,227,038th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. The surname Brandscheid is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Brandscheid live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Brandscheid is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 473,562. In Germany Brandscheid is mostly concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 51 percent reside, Hesse, where 24 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 5 percent reside and Austria, where 3 percent reside.

Brandscheid Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brandscheid has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brandscheid last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Brandscheid
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