How common is the last name Brandon?

23,986 people in the United States have the last name Brandon, about 1 in 12,461. It ranks #1,448 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BRANDON

#1,448

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,986
About
1 in 12,461
This common or more
44%
Who bears it

Of the 23,986 people with the last name Brandon, 60.1% reported their origin as White, 29.3% as Black and 4.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Brandon

#1,446 Leslie · 24,015#1,447 Schafer · 24,003#1,449 Quick · 23,981#1,450 Curran · 23,943

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brandon, most common first.

#980 Brandt · 35,211#1,918 Brand · 18,390#11,183 Brandes · 2,705#11,865 Branton · 2,523#13,050 Brinton · 2,247#13,878 Brunton · 2,084#16,702 Brenton · 1,665#16,969 Brandl · 1,637

Also a first name

As a first name, Brandon ranks #62 of 53,615, with 642,620 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1992, with 29,724 births. See Brandon as a first name

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