Brendle surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Brendle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,837 people carried this name — #15,845 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,760 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 163 people named Brendle.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Haut-Rhin 115
Bas-Rhin 16
Meurthe-et-Moselle 9
Paris 5
Yvelines 3
Jura 2
Seine-Saint-Denis 2
Martinique 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

70 people named Brendle live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 20
Bern 10
Thurgau 10
St. Gallen 7
Geneva 6
Vaud 6
Zug 5
Aargau 3

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 print

Brendle in American newspapers,
1907–1927.

Newspaper page from Washington Journal carrying the name Brendle
Washington Journal 1927-05-13
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Brendle
The Washington Times 1907-01-23
Newspaper page from The Daily Journal carrying the name Brendle
The Daily Journal 1914-06-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,385 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Brendle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Josse Brendle 1701–1750 · military personnel
  • Josef Brendle 1888–1954 · painter
  • Gotthold Brendle 1892–1963 · politician
  • Konrad Brendle 1895–1918 · military personnel
  • Peter Brendle 1943– · association football player
  • Josef Brendle 1949– · sport shooter

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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