How common is the surname Brune?

2,872 people in the United States had the surname Brune in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,502 Americans. It ranked 11,062nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brune?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Brune identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brune?

Shalom Brune-Franklin, British-born Australian actress, followed by Elisa Brune.

Where is the surname Brune most common?

Wikidata records people named Brune in the United Kingdom and Belgium.

Is the surname Brune getting more or less common?

More common. 2,711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,872 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Brune

A surname, carried by 2,872 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). Brune is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,872 people named Brune in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,502 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,711.

#11,062

rank among US surnames

2,872

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,801)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,057	Hopwood	2,875	107,390
#11,060	Ehrhardt	2,874	107,427
#11,061	Cartier	2,873	107,465
#11,062	Gilmartin	2,872	107,502
#11,066	Shuford	2,871	107,539
#11,069	Eanes	2,870	107,577

Who is named Brune

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

92% of people named Brune identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brunes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Shalom Brune-Franklin
British-born Australian actress, born 1994
Elisa Brune
Belgian writer (1966–2018)

Notable Brunes come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brune

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

Questions

How common is the surname Brune?: 2,872 people in the United States had the surname Brune in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,502 Americans. It ranked 11,062nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brune?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Brune identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brune?: Shalom Brune-Franklin, British-born Australian actress, followed by Elisa Brune.
Where is the surname Brune most common?: Wikidata records people named Brune in the United Kingdom and Belgium.
Is the surname Brune getting more or less common?: More common. 2,711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,872 in 2010, up 5.9%.