Brandwein
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Brandwein, a Jewish Ashkenazi metonymic occupational surname for a distiller, from Branntwein (“spirit, booze”).
Proper noun[edit]
Brandwein (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.