Brant Surname
Approximately 23,810 people bear this surname
Brant Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Brand,' or 'Brandt,' which see, compare Blund and Blunt.
Wymer Brant, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Walter Brant, Lincolnshire, ibid.
1615. John Brant and Mary Marsh: Marriage Lic.
Read More About This SurnameBrant Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13,858 | 1:26,155 | 3,290 |
| England | 2,932 | 1:19,003 | 2,722 |
| Brazil | 2,079 | 1:102,970 | 3,883 |
| Canada | 1,572 | 1:23,439 | 3,188 |
| Australia | 594 | 1:45,447 | 5,703 |
| Russia | 586 | 1:245,944 | 26,147 |
| Poland | 257 | 1:147,894 | 21,152 |
| Netherlands | 176 | 1:95,950 | 15,676 |
| Chile | 143 | 1:123,192 | 4,428 |
| Germany | 135 | 1:596,337 | 48,011 |
| Colombia | 124 | 1:385,275 | 6,322 |
| New Zealand | 124 | 1:36,519 | 6,244 |
| Kazakhstan | 120 | 1:147,354 | 14,841 |
| Belgium | 113 | 1:101,740 | 15,454 |
| Ukraine | 107 | 1:425,446 | 50,771 |
| Czechia | 78 | 1:136,327 | 21,508 |
| Venezuela | 64 | 1:471,939 | 9,218 |
| Scotland | 63 | 1:84,981 | 6,133 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Sweden | 58 | 1:169,772 | 11,770 |
| China | 51 | 1:26,810,227 | 1,454 |
| Wales | 48 | 1:64,469 | 5,713 |
| Belarus | 45 | 1:211,135 | 26,436 |
| Ireland | 43 | 1:109,510 | 5,657 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| France | 42 | 1:1,581,493 | 147,826 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| Mexico | 20 | 1:6,206,310 | 32,158 |
| Honduras | 20 | 1:440,822 | 3,218 |
| Nicaragua | 19 | 1:316,899 | 3,057 |
| Liberia | 18 | 1:244,919 | 15,115 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Hungary | 4 | 1:2,454,069 | 61,891 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1:1,011,529 | 32,308 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,218 | 1:20,013 | 2,851 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,344 | 1:11,560 | 1,503 |
The alternate forms: Bránt (1) are calculated separately.
Brant (12,049) may also be a first name.
Brant Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Brand,' or 'Brandt,' which see, compare Blund and Blunt.
Wymer Brant, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Walter Brant, Lincolnshire, ibid.
1615. John Brant and Mary Marsh: Marriage Lic. (London).
1750. Married — Richard Munday and Hannah Brant: St. Antholin (London).
(English) 1 = Brand, q.v.
2 Proud, Pompous (a nickname) [North. English; Middle English Old English brant, lofty, high]
(German, English) Dweller on a farm cleared by burning; dweller near the Brant (steep), a river in Lincolnshire.
User-submitted Reference
This surname, especially on countries with Latin based languages, it's a Latinization from the Brandt surname. The original word seems to mean (on Anglo-Saxonic languages) either fire, either sword - brandr on Norse or brand in ancient English, either lighthouse. It's linguistic root is found also in names as Brandon.
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Brant Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Brant Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brant Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brant (Bengali: ব্রান্ত, Hindi: ब्रन्त, Russian: Брант) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Bránt. For other potential spellings of Brant click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Brant? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 22,805th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 306,071 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Brant reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Brant is also the 53,988th most widely held first name globally, held by 12,049 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 13,858 people, or 1 in 26,155. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 7 percent are found, Florida, where 7 percent are found and Ohio, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States Brant occurs in 91 countries. It is also common in England, where 12 percent are found and Brazil, where 9 percent are found.
Brant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Brant has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brant surname grew 319 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 241 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,260 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 686 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 4,300 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Brant Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Brant surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (78%) in Russia and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Brant surname are 10.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.91% registered with the political party.
The amount Brant earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 41.53% less than the national average, earning 202,368 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 17.24% more than the national average, earning R 278,616 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.51% less than the national average, earning $19,635,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.06% less than the national average, earning $43,122 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.91% less than the national average, earning $47,246 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brant Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brant in the Bengali language | ||
| ব্রান্ত | branta | - |
| Brant in the Hindi language | ||
| ब्रन्त | branta | - |
| Brant in the Russian language | ||
| Брант | brant | - |
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