Brandes
surname · Latin script
Meaning: genitive singular of Brand
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈbɹændz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Brandes is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 106K(measured from records)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 36K
- NLNetherlands1 in 50K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 304 (measured from records)
- 1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)
≈24,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
genitive singular of Brand
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Brandes counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 59K | — | Brandes | 3 |
| US United States | 3,127 | 1 in 106K | 3.1K | Brandes | 304 |
| BR Brazil | 1,530 | 1 in 138K | 1.5K | — | 2 |
| PH Philippines | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 178K | — | Brandes | 19 |
| IT Italy | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 109K | listed | Brandes | 10 |
| NL Netherlands | 347 | 1 in 50K | 347 | Brandes | 25 |
| CH Switzerland | 232 | 1 in 36K | 232 | Brandes | 8 |
| UY Uruguay | 60 | 1 in 56K | 60 | — | — |
| IS Iceland | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 52K | — | Brandes | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); the xinhua-italian-manual register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Brandes is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronym im starken Genitiv zu Brando, Kurzform zu Brand(h)old/Hildebrand u.ä.; mit ahd. brant, as. brand 'Feuer, Schwert'. Belegt: 1 Type/3517 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, aus dem Rufnamen Brand; Patronym zu ahd. brant, altsächs. brand 'Brand, Schwert'
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Familienname zu Brand/Brandt; die Karte zeigt die Vokalvariation Brandes vs. Brands. Belegzahl: 3517.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Genitiv-/Patronymform zu Brand/Brandt; die Karte zeigt die -es/-s-Varianz in Brandes, Berendes.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Patronymische/suffixale Nebenform zu Brand; die Karte zeigt -es/-s-Varianz. 3517 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Brandesb. 1777DEGerman meteorologist and physicist
- Georg Brandesb. 1842DKDanish literature critic and scholar (1842–1927)
- Edvard Brandesb. 1847DKDanish politician, critic and author (1847-1931)
- Werner Brandesb. 1889DEGerman cinematographer (1889–1968)
- Bruno Brandesb. 1910DEGerman politician (1910-1985)
- Orlando Brandesb. 1946BRBrazilian archbishop
- Richard Brandesb. 1950film producer
- David Brandesb. 1968CHGerman songwriter and record producer (born 1968)
- Rebekah Brandesb. 1985USactress
- Daniela Macíasb. 1997PEnot in their usual namePeruvian badminton player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.1K | #10,302 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.8K | #10,504 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.7K | #11,183 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.5K | #6,232 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 347 | #5,848 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 232 | #5,519 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 60 | — |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Brandes mean, and where does it come from?
- genitive singular of Brand Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Brandes?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɹændz/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Brandes have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 24 thousand people named Brandes in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled brandes.
- Where is Brandes most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Brandes is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 36 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Brandes?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,127 people named Brandes in 2010, about 1 in 106 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Brandes”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.