German (mainly Westphalia): habitational name for someone from Brabant (see Brabant ) perhaps applied also as a nickname for a merchant of Brabantine cloth.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
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Where is the Brabender family from?
You can see how Brabender families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Brabender family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1841 and 1920. The most Brabender families were found in USA in 1920. In 1880 there were 32 Brabender families living in Wisconsin. This was about 49% of all the recorded Brabender's in USA. Wisconsin had the highest population of Brabender families in 1880.
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What did your Brabender ancestors do for a living?
In 1940, Farmer and Stenographer were the top reported jobs for men and women in the USA named Brabender. 40% of Brabender men worked as a Farmer and 34% of Brabender women worked as a Stenographer. Some less common occupations for Americans named Brabender were Labor and Clerk. .
Between 1962 and 2004, in the United States, Brabender life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1994, and highest in 1995. The average life expectancy for Brabender in 1962 was 76, and 84 in 2004.