Frequency: (483)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Americanized spelling of the Swiss family name Leibbrand, from the Germanic personal name Liutbrand, a compound of the elements liut ‘people’ + brand ‘sword’. In North America, this name occurs chiefly in NC.
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