Brand Name Meaning: From the Germanic personal name 'Brand(o)',brand meaning 'sword'. Also habitational from a minor place named with this word,i.e The Brand in Northamptonshire.
This name may have also been a topographic one for someone who lived by a place where burning had occur.The first recorded spelling is that of 'William Brant',dated 1086ed.
Discover how your Brand ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 16 |
| Buckinghamshire | 6 |
| Berkshire | 17 |
| Cambridgeshire | 218 |
| Channel Islands | 2 |
| Cheshire | 31 |
| Cornwall | 3 |
| Cumberland | 15 |
| Derbyshire | 6 |
| Devon | 69 |
| Dorset | 5 |
| Durham | 106 |
| Essex | 785 |
| Gloucestershire | 12 |
| Hampshire | 59 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 163 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 24 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 141 |
| Lancashire | 182 |
| Leicestershire | 18 |
| Lincolnshire | 66 |
| London | 1,131 |
| Middlesex | 324 |
| Northumberland | 122 |
| Norfolk | 94 |
| Northamptonshire | 5 |
| Nottinghamshire | 47 |
| Oxfordshire | 5 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 24 |
| Shropshire | 7 |
| Suffolk | 107 |
| Somerset | 23 |
| Surrey | 171 |
| Sussex | 130 |
| Staffordshire | 2 |
| Warwickshire | 17 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 9 |
| Worcestershire | 7 |
| Yorkshire | 267 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 1 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 3 |
| Carmarthenshire | 1 |
| Denbighshire | 6 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 4 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 7 |
| Radnorshire | 3 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 435 |
| Farm Labourer | 55 |
| Private Means | 44 |
| General Labourer | 30 |
| Labourer | 28 |
| None | 26 |
| Bricklayer | 24 |
| Butcher | 23 |
| General Servant (domestic) | 20 |
| Dressmaker | 19 |
| House Keeper | 17 |
| At School | 16 |
| Farmer | 16 |
| House Painter | 15 |
| Housekeeper | 15 |
| Carman | 14 |
| Assisting In Business | 13 |
| At Home | 13 |
| Cook (domestic) | 13 |
| Dress Maker | 13 |
| Labourer On Farm | 13 |
| Clerk | 12 |
| Laundress | 12 |
| Carpenter | 11 |
| Shop Assistant | 11 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Brand | 1,603 |
| Mary Brand | 1,409 |
| John Brand | 1,182 |
| Elizabeth Brand | 949 |
| George Brand | 828 |
| Thomas Brand | 739 |
| James Brand | 727 |
| Sarah Brand | 722 |
| Charles Brand | 693 |
| Henry Brand | 545 |
| Ann Brand | 459 |
| Joseph Brand | 441 |
| Jane Brand | 403 |
| Eliza Brand | 385 |
| Edward Brand | 368 |
| Emma Brand | 362 |
| Robert Brand | 350 |
| Frederick Brand | 312 |
| Alice Brand | 307 |
| Alfred Brand | 302 |
| Arthur Brand | 293 |
| Annie Brand | 279 |
| Emily Brand | 278 |
| Ellen Brand | 266 |
| Richard Brand | 223 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brand | 100% | 24,399 |
| 2 | Braund | 83% | 4,033 |
| 3 | Brind | 80% | 3,540 |
| 4 | Brend | 80% | 1,101 |
| 5 | Briand | 83% | 522 |
| 6 | Brannd | 83% | 512 |
| 7 | Brond | 80% | 216 |
| 8 | Burnide | 43% | 185 |
| 9 | Barned | 50% | 183 |
| 10 | Barnade | 43% | 155 |
| 11 | Brande | 83% | 145 |
| 12 | Bround | 67% | 143 |
| 13 | Brund | 80% | 138 |
| 14 | Barnad | 50% | 120 |
The surname Brand is the most popular version of all its varients