The Brandon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 26,284 people carried this name — #1,342 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 25,600 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Brandon surname
An English habitational surname from Old English from any of several places of that name.
From Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (“broom shrub”) + dūn (“hill, dune”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Brandon» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 568 people named Brandon.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 8 births for the Brandon name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 76 people named Brandon live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
38 people named Brandon live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
37 people named Brandon is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Brandon in American newspapers,
1903–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 214,636 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Brandon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1484–1545 -
Robert Brandon d. 1591 · goldsmith
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Kate Harriet Brandon d. 1950
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Florence Brandon d. 1961
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Rebecca Brandon d. 1874
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Jane Johnson Walker d. 1881
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brandon.
- Brandenburger 556 · U.S. census
- Brandi 733 · U.S. census
- Brandin 247 · U.S. census
- Brandmeyer 323 · U.S. census
- Brandner 765 · U.S. census
- Brando 383 · U.S. census
- Brandt 36,613 · U.S. census
- Brandy 1,284 · U.S. census
- Branger 106 · U.S. census
- Branson 11,587 · U.S. census
- Braquet 239 · U.S. census
- Bras 350 · U.S. census
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