Brendel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: L-/Diminutiv- und Hypokoristiktyp zu [Hilde]brand (ahd
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 19 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/ˈbɹɛndəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Brendel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 146K(measured from records)
- EEEstonia≈1 in 64K
- NLNetherlands1 in 94K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 258 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 64K (inferred from the name graph)
2,273 people, 2010
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)L-/Diminutiv- und Hypokoristiktyp zu [Hilde]brand (ahd. brant 'Brand, Schwert'); morphologische Varianten des Namens. Bearer count: 4062.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Where in the world
(measured from records)Brendel 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 2,273 | 1 in 146K | 2.3K | Brendel | 258 |
| FR France | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 152K | 52 | — | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 219K | — | Brendel | 35 |
| BR Brazil | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 843K | 131 | — | 1 |
| PL Poland | 245 | 1 in 156K | 131 | — | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | 184 | 1 in 94K | 184 | Brendel | 17 |
| CH Switzerland | 71 | 1 in 118K | 71 | Brendel | 11 |
| EE Estonia | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 64K | listed | — | 1 |
2,273 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)Brendel is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, l-Diminutiv zu einem Namen auf Brend-/Brand-; zeigt Varianten mit -el, -lein, -lin, -l. 11 Types/4062 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, aus dem Rufnamen Brendel/Brändlein/Brendle/Brändlin/Brandl; Koseform zu Brand-Namen
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Verhältnis der l-Suffixe; Diminutiv- und Kurzformen mit -lein/-le/-lin/-l.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
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)- Franz Brendelb. 1811DEGerman music critic (1811-1868)
- Martin Brendelb. 1862DEGerman astronomer (1862–1939)
- El Brendelb. 1890USAmerican actor (1890-1964)
- Otto J. Brendelb. 1901DEGerman-american classical archaeologist (1901-1973)
- Jakob Brendelb. 1907DEOlympic wrestler (1907-1964)
- Joachim Brendelb. 1921DEGerman World War II fighter pilot (1921-1974)
- Alfred Brendelb. 1931ATAustrian composer and pianist (1931–2025)
- Rolf Brendelb. 1957DEGerman drummer and songwriter (1957-)
- Daniela Brendelb. 1973DEGerman swimmer
- Sebastian Brendelb. 1988DEGerman canoeist
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)31 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.3K | #13,407 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.2K | #13,012 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2K | #14,640 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 184 | #11,276 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 173 | #41,380 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 131 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 131 | #24,024 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 114 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 114 | #26,480 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 73 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 71 | #14,356 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 70 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
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
- How do you pronounce Brendel?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɹɛndəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Brendel mean?
- Recorded meaning: L-/Diminutiv- und Hypokoristiktyp zu [Hilde]brand (ahd.
- In which country does Brendel have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.3 thousand people named Brendel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled brendel.
- How common is the name Brendel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,273 people named Brendel in 2010, about 1 in 146 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/brendelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Brendel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.