Brandt is a Germanic surname and given name.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 42.4% of all known bearers of the surname ''Brandt'' were residents of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

(frequency 1:1,108), 30.5% of the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

(1:6,951), 4.5% of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

(1:6,959), 3.7% of

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

(1:32,483), 2.7% of

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

(1:1,232), 2.7% of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

(1:2,162), 1.6% of

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

(1:13,299), 1.3% of the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

(1:7,848), 1.3% of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

(1:17,678), 1.0% of

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

(1:1,366). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,108) in the following states: * 1.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

(1:348) * 2.

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

(1:409) * 3.

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

(1:460) * 4.

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

(1:573) * 5.

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

(1:599) * 6.

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

(1:623) * 7.

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

(1:754) * 8.

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...

(1:803) * 9.

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...

(1:1,096) In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,232) only in one region:

Capital Region of Denmark The Capital Region of Denmark ( da, Region Hovedstaden, ) is the easternmost administrative region of Denmark. The Capital Region has 29 municipalities and a regional council consisting of 41 elected members. As of 1 August 2021 the chairperson ...

(1:905) In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,366) in the following regions: * 1.

ǁKaras Region The ǁKaras Region (pronounced , with a lateral click) is the southernmost and least densely populated of the 14 regions of Namibia; its capital is Keetmanshoop. The name assigned to the region reflects the prominence of the Karas mountain rang ...

(1:163) * 2. Kunene Region (1:454) * 3. Omaheke Region (1:700) * 4. Erongo Region (1:709) * 5.

Khomas Region Khomas is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its name refers to the Khomas Highland, a high plateau landscape that dominates this administrative unit. Khomas is centered on the capital city Windhoek and provides for this reason superior trans ...

(1:899) * 6. Hardap Region (1:942) In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,162) in the following counties:Brandt surname distribution
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Dalarna County Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark ...

(1:1,266) * 2.

Skåne County Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or , of Sweden, basically corresponding to the traditional province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronobe ...

(1:1,497) * 3.

Jönköping County Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in Sept ...

(1:1,638) * 4.

Kronoberg County Kronoberg County (; sv, Kronobergs län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. Kronoberg is one of three counties in the province of Småland. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar, and Blekinge. Its capital is ...

(1:1,876) * 5.

Västmanland County Västmanland County ( sv, Västmanlands län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Södermanland, Örebro, Gävleborg, Dalarna and Uppsala. The county also has a stretch of shoreline towards Mälaren (Sweden's ...

(1:1,995) * 6.

Stockholm County Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or '' län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm ...

(1:2,139)

People with the surname

Arts and entertainment

Augusto Brandt Augusto Brandt (1892 in Puerto Cabello – 1942 in Caracas) was a Venezuelan composer and violinist.http://www.eldigoras.com/eom/2002/fuego08meb07.htm Augusto brandt at Eldigoras Early life The son of German immigrants, and younger brother of wr ...

(1892–1942), Venezuelan musician and composer *

Betsy Brandt Betsy Brandt (born March 14, 1973) is an American actress. She portrayed Marie Schrader in ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013) and its spinoff show, ''Better Call Saul'' (2022) and played Heather Hughes in the CBS sitcom ''Life in Pieces'' (2015– ...

(born 1973), American actress *

Bill Brandt Bill Brandt (born Hermann Wilhelm Brandt; 2 May 1904 – 20 December 1983)Paul DelanyBill Brandt: A Life was a British photographer and photojournalist. Born in Germany, Brandt moved to England, where he became known for his images of British ...

(1904–1983), German-British photographer and photojournalist * Carlos Brandt (1875–1964), Venezuelan philosopher, author and naturopath * Di Brandt (born 1952), Canadian poet and literary critic *

Eddie Brandt Eddie August Brandt (August 5, 1920 – February 20, 2011) was an American composer and songwriter and television writer and animator, but is best remembered for his North Los Angeles store, Eddie Brandt's Saturday Matinee, which rents and se ...

(1920–2011), American composer, writer and store owner * Gerard Brandt (1626–1685), Dutch preacher, playwright, poet, church historian, biographer and naval historian *

Helene Brandt Helene Brandt (born 1936, Philadelphia, PA – died August 27, 2013, in New Bern, NC) worked in New York City as a sculptor. She has been widely exhibited in the United States, England, Italy, Holland and Mexico. She is the daughter of an invent ...

(1936–2013), American sculptor *

Joe Brandt Joe Brandt (born Joseph Brandenburg July 20, 1882 – February 22, 1939) was an American publicist, screenwriter, editor, film producer, and general manager. He co-founded Columbia Pictures with Harry and Jack Cohn. Biography Joe Brandt was born ...

(1882–1939), American publicist, screenwriter, editor, film producer, and general manager * Józef Brandt (1841–1915), Polish painter best known for his paintings of battles *

Kyle Brandt Kyle Robert Brandt (born January 24, 1979) is an American television host, media personality, and actor. He is one of the co-hosts of ''Good Morning Football'' on NFL Network. Previously, he served as executive producer of ''The Jim Rome Show'' fr ...

(born 1979), American actor * Mac Brandt, American actor *

Marianne Brandt Marianne Brandt (1 October 1893 – 18 June 1983) was a German painter, sculptor, photographer, metalsmith, and designer who studied at the Bauhaus art school in Weimar and later became head of the Bauhaus ''Metall-Werkstatt'' (Metal Workshop ...

(1893–1983), German painter, sculptor, photographer and designer *

Marianne Brandt (contralto) Marianne Brandt (12 September 1842 – 9 July 1921) was an Austrian operatic singer with an international reputation. She was born as Marie Bischof in Vienna and was educated at the music conservatory in that city, then studied with Pauline Viar ...

(1842–1921), Austrian opera singer *

Max von Brandt Maximilian August Scipio von Brandt (born 8 October 1835 in Berlin; died 24 August 1920 in Weimar) was a German diplomat, East Asia expert and publicist. Biography Max von Brandt was the son of Prussian general and military author Heinrich von ...

(1835–1920), German diplomat and publicist * Miroslav Brandt (1914–2002), Croatian historian *

Paul Brandt Paul Rennée Belobersycky (born July 21, 1972), known professionally as Paul Brandt, is a Canadian country music artist. Growing up in Calgary, he was a pediatric RN at the time of his big break. In 1996, he made his mark on the country music c ...

(born 1972), Canadian country music singer *

Peter Andreas Brandt Peter Andreas Brandt (14 June 1792 – 20 September 1862) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He worked as an illustrator with the Danish paleontologist Peter Wilhelm Lund in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative ...

(1792-1862), Norwegian painter and illustrator *

Skylar Brandt Skylar Paley Brandt (born January 8, 1993) is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. Early life Skylar Brandt was born and raised in Purchase, New York. Her parents are Gary and Barbara ...

(born 1993), American ballet dancer * Vassily Brandt (1869–1923), Russian trumpeter, composer and pedagogue

Science and mathematics

Achi Brandt Achiezer Brandt ( he, אחי ברנד; born 1938 in Givat Brenner, today in Israel) is an Israeli mathematician, noted for his pioneering contributions to multigrid methods. Background Achi Brandt earned his Ph.D. degree at the Weizmann Institut ...

(born 1938), Israeli mathematician * Arthur William Brandt (1888–1943), American engineer *

Eduard Brandt Eduard Karlovich Brandt ( 15 February 1839 – 17 November 1891) was a Russo-German comparative anatomist and zoologist who contributed to studies on the nervous system of insects. He served as a professor at the Imperial Military Medical Academy ...

(1839–1891), Russian zoologist and anatomist * Fred Hermann Brandt (1908–1994), German insect collector, botanist, and counter-espionage agent * Fredric Brandt (1949–2015), American dermatologist *

Heinrich Brandt Heinrich Brandt (8 November 1886, in Feudingen – 9 October 1954, in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt) was a German mathematician who was the first to develop the concept of a groupoid. Brandt studied at the University of Göttingen and, from 1910 to 1913, ...

(1886–1954), German mathematician *

Georg Brandt Georg Brandt (26 June 1694 – 29 April 1768) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt (c. 1735). He was the first person to discover a metal unknown in ancient times. He is also known for exposing fraudulent alchemists operatin ...

(1694–1768), Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt *

Johann Friedrich von Brandt Johann Friedrich von Brandt (25 May 1802 – 15 July 1879) was a German-Russian natural history, naturalist, who worked mostly in Russia. Brandt was born in Jüterbog and educated at a Gymnasium (school), gymnasium in Wittenberg and the Humboldt ...

(1802–1879), German naturalist *

Karl Brandt (zoologist) Andreas Heinrich Karl Brandt (23 May 1854, Schönebeck near Magdeburg – 7 January 1931, Kiel) was a German zoologist and marine biologist. He studied natural sciences in Berlin, receiving his doctorate in 1877 at the University of Halle. Follow ...

(1854–1931), German zoologist and marine biologist

Politics

Andy Brandt Andrew S. Brandt (born June 11, 1938) is a former politician and public administrator who has served in a number of roles in the province of Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative from ...

(born 1938), Canadian politician * Bernard E. Brandt (1881–1954), American politician * David Brandt (politician), former Chief Minister of Montserrat * Edward R. Brandt (1931–2013), American politician *

Helmut Brandt Helmut Brandt (born 24 October 1950) is a German politician, member of the CDU, and Legal Counsel (''Justiziar'') for the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group. He has been a member of the Bundestag since 28 June 2005, when he replaced Karl-Josef Lauman ...

(born 1950), German politician * Michel Brandt (born 1990), German politician *

Willy Brandt Willy Brandt (; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and served as the chancellor of West Ge ...

(1913–1992), German politician

Sports

* David Brandt (American football) (born 1977), former American football offensive lineman *

Ed Brandt Edward Arthur Brandt (February 17, 1905 – November 2, 1944) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1928 to 1938. He played for the Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Pittsburgh Pirates. Brandt started his professional baseball career w ...

(1905–1944), American baseball player *

Gil Brandt Gil Brandt (born March 4, 1932) is an American former football executive who was the vice president of player personnel in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys from 1960 to 1988. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsi ...

(born 1933), American football executive * Jackie Brandt (born 1934), American baseball player *

Julian Brandt Julian Brandt (; born 2 May 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right winger, central midfielder or attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team. Brandt made over 55 combined appe ...

(born 1996), German footballer *

Kerstin Brandt Kerstin Brandt, née Dedner (born 9 December 1961 in Wismar, Bezirk Rostock) is a retired East German high jumper. She won the 1979 European Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 1982 European Indoor Championships and fifth at the inaugur ...

(born 1961), East German high jumper

Others

Charlie Brandt Carl Eric "Charlie" Brandt (February 23, 1957 – September 13, 2004) was an American serial killer who murdered at least four female victims; one in Indiana and three others in Florida. Growing up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Brandt shot his par ...

(1957-2004), American serial killer *

Edgar Brandt Edgar William Brandt (24 December 1880 – 8 May 1960) was a French ironworker and prolific weapons designer. In 1901 he set up a small workshop at 76 rue Michel-Ange in the 16th arrondissement in Paris, where he began designing, silversmithing, ...

(1880–1960), French ironworker and weapons designer *

Francis Frederick Brandt Francis Frederick Brandt (1819, Gawsworth Rectory, Cheshire – 6 December 1874, 8 Figtree Court, Temple, London) was an English barrister and author. Brandt was eldest son of the Rev. Francis Brandt, rector of Aldford, Cheshire, 1843–50, who di ...

(1819–1874), British barrister and author * Franz Brandt (1893-1954), German World War I

flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually co ...

Heinz Brandt Heinz Brandt (11 March 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German officer. During World War II he served as an aide to General Adolf Heusinger, the head of the operations unit of the General Staff. He may have inadvertently saved Adolf Hitler's life, ...

(1907–1944), German army officer and showjumper *

Jan Brandt Janice Brandt is an American businesswoman and vice chair emeritus of America Online/Time Warner. She is known for her direct marketing campaign at AOL that increased the number of subscribers from 200,000 to more than 22 million. Early life and ...

, American entrepreneur *

Johanna Brandt Johanna Brandt (18 November 1876 in Heidelberg, Gauteng, Heidelberg, South African Republic – 13 January 1964 in Newlands, Cape Town) was a South African propagandist of Afrikaners, Afrikaner nationalism, spy during the Boer War, prophet and ...

(1876–1964), South African propagandist, spy, prophet and writer *

Joseph A. Brandt Joseph A. Brandt (July 26, 1899 – November 1, 1985) was the sixth president of the University of Oklahoma. Brandt received his college degree from the University of Oklahoma, making him the first alumnus to become president of the University o ...

, American university president *

Karl Brandt Karl Brandt (8 January 1904 – 2 June 1948) was a German physician and ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) officer in Nazi Germany. Trained in surgery, Brandt joined the Nazi Party in 1932 and became Adolf Hitler's escort doctor in August 1934. A member of ...

(1904–1948), German Nazi physician and war criminal, executed for war crimes *

Karl Brandt (economist) Karl Brandt (January 9, 1899 – July 8, 1975) was a German- American agricultural economist. Brandt was born in Essen. He fled from Germany to the U.S. in 1933, shortly after the Nazi regime came to power. He was successively a professor and r ...

(1899–1975), German-American agricultural economist *

Lawrence Eugene Brandt Lawrence Eugene Brandt (born March 27, 1939) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Greensburg in Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2015. Biography Early life Lawrence Brandt was born on March 27, 1939, ...

(born 1939), American Roman Catholic prelate * Realf Ottesen Brandt (1859–1927), Lutheran minister *

Richard Brandt Richard Booker Brandt (17 October 1910 – 10 September 1997) was an American philosopher working in the utilitarian tradition in moral philosophy. Education and career Brandt was originally educated at Denison University, a Baptist institution ...

(1910–1997), American philosopher *

Rudolf Brandt Rudolf Hermann Brandt (2 June 1909 – 2 June 1948) was a German SS officer from 1933–45 and a civil servant. A lawyer by profession, Brandt was the Personal Administrative Officer to ''Reichsführer-SS'' (''Persönlicher Referent vom Reichsf ...

(1909–1948), German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes *

Yakov Brandt Yakov Yakovlevich Brandt (russian: Яков Яковлевич Брандт; 1869–1944, Beijing) was a Russian sinologist, diplomat, linguist and professor. He graduated from the Saratov gymnasium. In 1892 he graduated from the Faculty of Ori ...

(1869–1946), Russian Sinologist-diplomat, philologist and professor

People with the given name

Brandt Hershman Brandt Hershman is an American politician and a former Republican state senator for Indiana. He served from 2000 to 2018. He is married to Lisa Hershman. Early life and education Hershman grew up on a farm in Jasper County, Indiana. He earned ...

, American politician * Brandt C. Louie (born 1943), Canadian businessman * Brandt Jobe (born 1965), American golfer * Brandt Snedeker (born 1980), American golfer

References

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