Brandstätter Surname
Approximately 7,596 people bear this surname
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).
Read More About This SurnameBrandstätter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 6,750 | 1:1,262 | 88 |
| Germany | 780 | 1:103,212 | 12,780 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| Czechia | 17 | 1:625,498 | 60,070 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
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.
- 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.
- eeveerbBrandstätter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brandstätter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Brandstätter is more frequently found in Austria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Brandstatter. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Brandstätter? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 65,685th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 959,393 people. The surname 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 surname is most commonly used in Austria, where it is carried by 6,750 people, or 1 in 1,262. In Austria it is most numerous in: Upper Austria, where 24 percent live, Carinthia, where 17 percent live and Salzburg, where 16 percent live. Other than Austria this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 10 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
Brandstätter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brandstätter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brandstätter last name decreased 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandstatter | 97 | 436 | / |
| Brandstäter | 96 | 105 | / |
| Brandtstätter | 96 | 5 | / |
| Brandstetter | 92 | 10,096 | / |
| Brandstötter | 92 | 814 | / |
| Brandstädter | 92 | 636 | / |
| Brandtstäter | 92 | 52 | / |
| Brandstteter | 92 | 1 | / |
| Brandstitter | 92 | 1 | / |
| Brandstätterová | 89 | 18 | / |
| Brandstaetter | 88 | 259 | / |
| Brandtstädter | 88 | 15 | / |
| Brandstoetter | 88 | 6 | / |
| Brandtstetter | 88 | 4 | / |
| Brandstetterr | 88 | 1 | / |
| Brandstater | 87 | 130 | / |
| Brandsteter | 87 | 14 | / |
| Brandstöter | 87 | 1 | / |
| Brandtstaetter | 85 | 5 | / |
| Brandstadter | 83 | 81 | / |
| Brondstetter | 83 | 69 | / |
| Brandszteter | 83 | 25 | / |
| Brandstaeter | 83 | 21 | / |
| Brandstedter | 83 | 17 | / |
| Brandštetter | 83 | 8 | / |
| Brondstatter | 83 | 6 | / |
| Brandtsteter | 83 | 4 | / |
| Brantstetter | 83 | 2 | / |
| Brandtstater | 83 | 1 | / |
| Brandshteter | 83 | 1 | / |
| Brandctetter | 83 | 1 | / |
| Brandštädter | 83 | 1 | / |
| Brandstetterová | 81 | 10 | / |
| Brandstetterova | 81 | 1 | / |
| Brandstaedter | 80 | 69 | / |
| Brandtstaeter | 80 | 12 | / |
| Brandtstadter | 80 | 2 | / |
| Brandsztedter | 80 | 1 | / |
| Brantstietter | 80 | 1 | / |
| Brandsteadter | 80 | 0 | / |
| Brandšteter | 78 | 15 | / |
| Brondstater | 78 | 11 | / |
| Brandtstaedter | 77 | 3 | / |
| Brandštetterová | 74 | 12 | / |
| Brandštädterová | 74 | 1 | / |
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