Brandstetter Surname

50,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,096 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

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).

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Brandstetter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria5,2821:1,612119
Germany3,2111:25,0723,328
United States1,0731:337,80030,474
France1051:632,59782,532
Switzerland891:92,28010,121
Brazil661:3,243,55093,057
Israel591:145,04515,356
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Italy221:2,779,84997,128
Argentina181:2,374,634110,716
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Chile141:1,258,32022,898
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Hungary111:892,38945,166
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Slovakia101:533,64560,629
England71:7,959,723202,100
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Slovenia51:497,53521,006
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States941:534,24137,003

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.

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A 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.

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Brandstetter Last Name Facts

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

Brandstetter is more commonly found in Austria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Brandštetter. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brandstetter? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 50,796th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 721,825 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Brandstetter are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 85 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Brandstetter is most frequent in Austria, where it is carried by 5,282 people, or 1 in 1,612. In Austria it is most frequent in: Upper Austria, where 42 percent are found, Lower Austria, where 37 percent are found and Vienna, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Austria this surname is found in 32 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 32 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Brandstetter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brandstetter has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,141 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brandstetter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Brandstetter are 7.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the political 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.

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