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Brandt is a German surname and given name.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 42.4% of all known bearers of the surname Brandt were residents of Germany (frequency 1:1,108), 30.5% of the United States (1:6,951), 4.5% of South Africa (1:6,959), 3.7% of Brazil (1:32,483), 2.7% of Denmark (1:1,232), 2.7% of Sweden (1:2,162), 1.6% of Canada (1:13,299), 1.3% of the Netherlands (1:7,848), 1.3% of Poland (1:17,678), 1.0% of Namibia (1:1,366).
In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,108) in the following states:
- 1. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:348)
- 2. Schleswig-Holstein (1:409)
- 3. Saxony-Anhalt (1:460)
- 4. Lower Saxony (1:573)
- 5. Hamburg (1:599)
- 6. Bremen (1:623)
- 7. Berlin (1:754)
- 8. Brandenburg (1:803)
- 9. Thuringia (1:1,096)
In Denmark, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,232) only in one region: Capital Region of Denmark (1:905)
In Namibia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,366) in the following regions:
- 1. ǁKaras Region (1:163)
- 2. Kunene Region (1:454)
- 3. Omaheke Region (1:700)
- 4. Erongo Region (1:709)
- 5. Khomas Region (1:899)
- 6. Hardap Region (1:942)
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,162) in the following counties:[1]
- 1. Dalarna County (1:1,266)
- 2. Skåne County (1:1,497)
- 3. Jönköping County (1:1,638)
- 4. Kronoberg County (1:1,876)
- 5. Västmanland County (1:1,995)
- 6. Stockholm County (1:2,139)
People with the surname
Arts and entertainment
- Augusto Brandt (1892–1942), Venezuealan musician and composer
- Betsy Brandt (born 1973), American actress
- Bill Brandt (1904–1983), German-British photographer and photojournalist
- Carlos Brandt (1875–1964), South American philosopher, author and naturopath
- Di Brandt (born 1952), Canadian poet and literary critic
- Eddie Brandt (1920–2011), American composer, writer and store owner
- Gerard Brandt (1626–1685), Dutch preacher, playwright, poet, church historian, biographer and naval historian
- Helene Brandt (1936–2013), American sculptor
- Joe Brandt (1882–1939), American publicist, screenwriter, editor, film producer, and general manager
- Józef Brandt (1841–1915), Polish painter best known for his paintings of battles
- Kyle Brandt (born 1979), American actor
- Mac Brandt, American actor
- Marianne Brandt (1893–1983), German painter, sculptor, photographer and designer
- Marianne Brandt (contralto) (1842–1921), Austrian opera singer
- Max von Brandt (1835–1920), German diplomat and publicist
- Miroslav Brandt (1914–2002), Croatian historian
- Paul Brandt (born 1972), Canadian country music singer
- Peter Andreas Brandt (1792-1862), Norwegian painter and illustrator
- Skylar Brandt (born 1993), American ballet dancer
- Vassily Brandt (1869–1923), Russian trumpeter, composer and pedagogue
Science and mathematics
- Achi Brandt (born 1938), Israeli mathematician
- Arthur William Brandt (1888–1943), American engineer
- Fred Hermann Brandt (1908–1994), German insect collector, botanist, and counter-espionage agent
- Fredric Brandt (1949–2015), American dermatologist
- Heinrich Brandt (1886–1954), German mathematician
- Georg Brandt (1694–1768), Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt
- Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802–1879), German naturalist
- Karl Brandt (zoologist) (1854–1931), German zoologist and marine biologist
Politics
- Andy Brandt (born 1938), Canadian politician
- Bernard E. Brandt (1881–1954), American politician
- David Brandt (politician), former Chief Minister of Montserrat
- Edward R. Brandt (1931–2013), American politician
- Willy Brandt (1913–1992), German politician
Sports
- David Brandt (American football) (born 1977), former American football offensive lineman
- Ed Brandt (1905–1944), American baseball player
- Gil Brandt (born 1933), American football executive
- Jackie Brandt (born 1934), American baseball player
- Julian Brandt (born 1996), German footballer
- Kerstin Brandt (born 1961), East German high jumper
Others
- Edgar Brandt (1880–1960), French ironworker and weapons designer
- Francis Frederick Brandt (1819–1874), British barrister and author
- Heinz Brandt (1907–1944), German army officer and showjumper
- Jan Brandt, American entrepreneur
- Johanna Brandt (1876–1964), South African propagandist, spy, prophet, and writer
- Joseph A. Brandt, American university president
- Karl Brandt (1904–1948), German Nazi physician and war criminal, executed for war crimes
- Karl Brandt (economist) (1899–1975), German-American agricultural economist
- Lawrence Eugene Brandt (born 1939), American Roman Catholic prelate
- Realf Ottesen Brandt (1859–1927), Lutheran minister
- Richard Brandt (1910–1997), American philosopher
- Rudolf Brandt (1909–1948), German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes
- Yakov Brandt (1869–1946) was a Russian Sinologist-diplomat, philologist and professor.
People with the given name
- Brandt Hershman, American politician
- Brandt C. Louie (born 1943), Canadian businessman
- Brandt Jobe (born 1965), American golfer
- Brandt Snedeker (born 1980), American golfer
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