Brand Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Brand Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Brand family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 546
Agricultural Labourer 133
Domestic Servant 38
General Servant 31
Dress Maker 30
Carpenter 20
General Labourer 20
Bricklayer 16
Farm Labourer 16
Labourer 15
Annuitant 14
Carman 12
Laundress 12
Gardener 11
No Occupation 11
Charwoman 9
Painter 9
Mariner 9
Butcher 8
General Servant Domestic 8
Servant 8
Farmers Son 8
Blacksmith 8
Joiner 8
Shoe Maker 7

Brand Surname Variants Ranking

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

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The surname Brand is the most popular version of all its varients

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