Brandwein

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Brandwein, a Jewish Ashkenazi metonymic occupational surname for a distiller, from Branntwein (“spirit, booze”).

Proper noun

Brandwein (plural Brandweins)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brandwein is the 40672^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 537 individuals. Brandwein is most common among White (96.09%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brandwein”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 216.