Brandão Surname
Approximately 40,450 people bear this surname
Brandão Surname User-submission:
(Portuguese) The Brandão surname comes from the medieval Latin form Brendanus of the old Irish personal name Brénainn (English Brendan). It means 'torch bearer'.
Brandão Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 16,761 | 1:1,610 | 290 |
| Portugal | 12,880 | 1:809 | 142 |
| Brazil | 8,790 | 1:24,354 | 1,102 |
| United States | 407 | 1:890,562 | 67,298 |
| Italy | 339 | 1:180,403 | 26,873 |
| France | 206 | 1:322,440 | 48,940 |
| Cape Verde | 152 | 1:3,484 | 154 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 122 | 1:1,454 | 195 |
| Canada | 78 | 1:472,379 | 40,609 |
| England | 71 | 1:784,761 | 42,668 |
| Germany | 58 | 1:1,388,025 | 86,120 |
| Russia | 48 | 1:3,002,564 | 162,760 |
| Spain | 41 | 1:1,140,294 | 40,056 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Mozambique | 25 | 1:1,090,463 | 1,880 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Colombia | 19 | 1:2,514,425 | 13,479 |
| Japan | 18 | 1:7,102,461 | 43,008 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 16 | 1:108,001 | 107 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Peru | 14 | 1:2,270,294 | 26,427 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 1:704,790 | 25,221 |
| Panama | 13 | 1:300,943 | 7,078 |
| Chile | 11 | 1:1,601,498 | 26,155 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 1:381,306 | 22,825 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Brandão (36) may also be a first name.
Brandão Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
(Portuguese) The Brandão surname comes from the medieval Latin form Brendanus of the old Irish personal name Brénainn (English Brendan). It means 'torch bearer'.
- dani__brandaoBrandão Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brandão Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Brandão occurs in Angola more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brandão? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 13,792nd most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 180,162 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 42 percent of Brandão are found; 42 percent are found in Southern Africa and 41 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 36 people.
It is most commonly held in Angola, where it is carried by 16,761 people, or 1 in 1,610. Excluding Angola this surname occurs in 88 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 32 percent reside and Brazil, where 22 percent reside.
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