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

Brandscheid is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brandscheid? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,227,038th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. Brandscheid occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Brandscheid live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Brandscheid is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 473,562. In Germany Brandscheid is primarily found in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 51 percent are found, Hesse, where 24 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 5 percent are found and Austria, where 3 percent are found.

Brandscheid Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brandscheid has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 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
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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 Brandscheid
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