Brandstetter Surname
Approximately 10,096 people bear this surname
Brandstetter Surname User-submission:
Brandstetter is an Austrian and German surname, denoting someone who came from Brandstett, Brandstetten, Brandstätt or Brandstädt. These are the names of several locations in Austria and southern-Germany (Bavaria & Baden-Württemberg).
Read More About This SurnameBrandstetter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 5,282 | 1:1,612 | 119 |
| Germany | 3,211 | 1:25,072 | 3,328 |
| United States | 1,073 | 1:337,800 | 30,474 |
| France | 105 | 1:632,597 | 82,532 |
| Switzerland | 89 | 1:92,280 | 10,121 |
| Brazil | 66 | 1:3,243,550 | 93,057 |
| Israel | 59 | 1:145,045 | 15,356 |
| Canada | 31 | 1:1,188,567 | 86,017 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Italy | 22 | 1:2,779,849 | 97,128 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Chile | 14 | 1:1,258,320 | 22,898 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Hungary | 11 | 1:892,389 | 45,166 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 1:533,645 | 60,629 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 94 | 1:534,241 | 37,003 |
The alternate forms: Brandštetter (8) are calculated separately.
Brandstetter Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Brandstetter is an Austrian and German surname, denoting someone who came from Brandstett, Brandstetten, Brandstätt or Brandstädt. These are the names of several locations in Austria and southern-Germany (Bavaria & Baden-Württemberg). The surname means 'place cleared by fire'. It is derived from the words brand, meaning 'fire', and stätte, meaning 'place'.
Note that the common Austrian-German surname Brandstätter (and also German Brandstädter) has sometimes been anglicized to Brandstetter, as the umlaut on the a (ä), is the equivalent of the ae in English, and is pronounced like the e in English.
- deleted-173293A surname of Germanic origin. Brand means 'fire' and stadt means 'city', implying a city worker. This Brandsetter spelling variant is the result of immigration to the United States and immigration officials misspelling the surname Brandstädter phonetically.
- eeveerbBrandstetter Demographics
Average Male Brandstetter Height
179.18 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Brandstetter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brandstetter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brandstetter has its highest incidence in Austria. It may also be found as: Brandštetter. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brandstetter? popularity and diffusion
The surname Brandstetter is the 50,796th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 721,825 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Brandstetter reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Austria, where it is carried by 5,282 people, or 1 in 1,612. In Austria Brandstetter is most common in: Upper Austria, where 42 percent reside, Lower Austria, where 37 percent reside and Vienna, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Austria this surname is found in 32 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 32 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.
Brandstetter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brandstetter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brandstetter last name expanded 1,141 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Brandstetter Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Brandstetter last name are 7.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Brandstetter earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 57.02% more than the national average, earning R 373,128 per year; in United States they earn 14.61% more than the national average, earning $49,451 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.31% more than the national average, earning $64,743 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandštetter | 97 | 8 | / |
| Brandstaetter | 96 | 259 | / |
| Brandsteter | 96 | 14 | / |
| Brandstette | 96 | 9 | / |
| Brandstoetter | 96 | 6 | / |
| Brandtstetter | 96 | 4 | / |
| Brandstetterr | 96 | 1 | / |
| Brandstätter | 92 | 7,596 | / |
| Brandstötter | 92 | 814 | / |
| Brandstatter | 92 | 436 | / |
| Brondstetter | 92 | 69 | / |
| Brandszteter | 92 | 25 | / |
| Brandstaeter | 92 | 21 | / |
| Brandstedter | 92 | 17 | / |
| Brandtstaetter | 92 | 5 | / |
| Brandtsteter | 92 | 4 | / |
| Brantstetter | 92 | 2 | / |
| Brandstteter | 92 | 1 | / |
| Brandshteter | 92 | 1 | / |
| Brandstitter | 92 | 1 | / |
| Brandctetter | 92 | 1 | / |
| Brandstetterová | 89 | 10 | / |
| Brandstetterova | 89 | 1 | / |
| Brandstaedter | 88 | 69 | / |
| Brandtstaeter | 88 | 12 | / |
| Brandtstätter | 88 | 5 | / |
| Brandsztedter | 88 | 1 | / |
| Brantstietter | 88 | 1 | / |
| Brandsteadter | 88 | 0 | / |
| Brandstater | 87 | 130 | / |
| Brandstäter | 87 | 105 | / |
| Brandšteter | 87 | 15 | / |
| Brandstöter | 87 | 1 | / |
| Brandtstaedter | 85 | 3 | / |
| Brandstädter | 83 | 636 | / |
| Brandstadter | 83 | 81 | / |
| Brandtstäter | 83 | 52 | / |
| Brondstatter | 83 | 6 | / |
| Brandtstater | 83 | 1 | / |
| Brandstätterová | 81 | 18 | / |
| Brandštetterová | 81 | 12 | / |
| Brandtstädter | 80 | 15 | / |
| Brandtstadter | 80 | 2 | / |
| Brondstater | 78 | 11 | / |
| Brandštädter | 75 | 1 | / |
| Brandštädterová | 67 | 1 | / |
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