Brandstätter Surname

65,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,596 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Brandstätter Surname User-submission:

Brandstätter 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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Brandstätter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria6,7501:1,26288
Germany7801:103,21212,780
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Czechia171:625,49860,070
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

The alternate forms: Brandstatter (436) are calculated separately.

Brandstätter Surname Meaning

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Brandstätter 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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Brandstätter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brandstätter is found most frequently in Austria. It can occur in the variant forms: Brandstatter. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brandstätter? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 65,685th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 959,393 people. The surname Brandstätter occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Brandstätter are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Austria, where it is carried by 6,750 people, or 1 in 1,262. In Austria it is most prevalent in: Upper Austria, where 24 percent are found, Carinthia, where 17 percent are found and Salzburg, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Austria this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 10 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

Brandstätter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brandstätter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brandstätter last name contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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