Brandy Surname
Approximately 4,516 people bear this surname
Brandy Surname Definition:
A Scandinavian name, Brandi, "one having a brand or sword." Ferguson.
Read More About This SurnameBrandy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,692 | 1:214,219 | 20,887 |
| France | 1,098 | 1:60,494 | 8,177 |
| Nigeria | 530 | 1:334,232 | 18,224 |
| England | 162 | 1:343,939 | 25,007 |
| Mexico | 153 | 1:811,282 | 11,732 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 108 | 1:511 | 112 |
| South Africa | 95 | 1:570,292 | 44,274 |
| Venezuela | 84 | 1:359,572 | 7,720 |
| Canada | 84 | 1:438,638 | 38,170 |
| Australia | 66 | 1:409,026 | 32,879 |
| Brazil | 55 | 1:3,892,261 | 106,836 |
| Liberia | 51 | 1:86,442 | 7,100 |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Kenya | 24 | 1:1,924,162 | 36,129 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:238,041 | 14,239 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 11 | 1:10,034 | 1,440 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Colombia | 7 | 1:6,824,867 | 22,056 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 37 | 1:101,168 | 5,037 |
| England | 29 | 1:840,530 | 36,623 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 206 | 1:243,780 | 20,311 |
The alternate forms: Brandý (1) are calculated separately.
Brandy (139,157) may also be a first name.
Brandy Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Scandinavian name, Brandi, "one having a brand or sword." Ferguson.
Ferguson seems to think this name, as well as Brand, may be from the Scandinavian, brandi, one having a sword, and he mentions Brandi as the name of a Northman in the Landnamabok. Brand, Gaelic Brandt, and Brandy are probably from Gaelic brand, famous, renowned (clarus), a word frequently found in German names; as Childebrandus, Hildebrandus, Asprandus, Sigibrandus, Liutprandus.
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'blood of Jesus Christ'.
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Brandy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brandy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brandy (Arabic: البراندي) is found most in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Brandý. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Brandy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 104,004th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,613,717 people. Brandy is primarily found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Brandy reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 39 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Brandy is also the 7,529th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 139,157 people.
The surname Brandy is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,692 people, or 1 in 214,219. In The United States Brandy is mostly concentrated in: California, where 11 percent are found, Missouri, where 8 percent are found and Texas, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States it is found in 69 countries. It also occurs in France, where 24 percent are found and Nigeria, where 12 percent are found.
Brandy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brandy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brandy last name increased 821 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 559 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Brandy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Brandy surname are 1.12% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.35% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Brandy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.5% less than the national average, earning R 70,104 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.95% more than the national average, earning $26,776,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.57% less than the national average, earning $39,019 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.91% more than the national average, earning $60,071 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brandy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brandy in the Arabic language | ||
| البراندي | albrandy | - |
| براندي | brandy | - |
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