Brandwein
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Brandwein, a Jewish Ashkenazi metonymic occupational surname for a distiller, from Branntwein (“spirit, booze”).
Proper noun
editBrandwein (plural Brandweins)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Brandwein is the 40672nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 537 individuals. Brandwein is most common among White (96.09%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brandwein”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 216.