How common is the surname Brun?

2,770 people in the United States had the surname Brun in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,460 Americans. It ranked 11,383rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brun?

In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Brun identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Brun?

Johan Nordahl Brun, bishop (1745-1816).

Where is the surname Brun most common?

Wikidata records people named Brun in Norway.

Is the surname Brun getting more or less common?

More common. 2,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,770 in 2010, up 28%.

The surname Brun

A Norwegian surname, carried by 2,770 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brun is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Norwegian origin

A surname from Norwegian, notably held by Viggo Brun.

One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,770 people named Brun in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,460 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,164.

#11,383

rank among US surnames

2,770

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+28%

change since 2000 (was #12,986)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,374	Gessner	2,773	111,340
#11,377	Bornstein	2,772	111,380
#11,380	Sauers	2,771	111,420
#11,383	Mooneyham	2,770	111,460
#11,388	Max	2,769	111,501

Who is named Brun

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

59% of people named Brun identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
Two or more races 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bruns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johan Nordahl Brun
Bishop (1745-1816)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Brun

Brun has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

Other Norwegian surnames

All 31 Norwegian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brun come from?: Brun is Norwegian in origin.
How common is the surname Brun?: 2,770 people in the United States had the surname Brun in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,460 Americans. It ranked 11,383rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brun?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Brun identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Brun?: Johan Nordahl Brun, bishop (1745-1816).
Where is the surname Brun most common?: Wikidata records people named Brun in Norway.
Is the surname Brun getting more or less common?: More common. 2,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,770 in 2010, up 28%.