How common is the surname Brunelle?

4,688 people in the United States had the surname Brunelle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,859 Americans. It ranked 7,133rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brunelle?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Brunelle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Brunelle getting more or less common?

More common. 4,284 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,688 in 2010, up 9.4%.

The surname Brunelle

A French surname, carried by 4,688 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B654

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brunelle is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

French origin

French Brunelle

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,688 people named Brunelle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,859 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,284.

#7,133

rank among US surnames

4,688

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+9.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,182)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,129	Holst	4,691	65,817
#7,130	Hunnicutt	4,690	65,831
#7,132	Schulman	4,689	65,845
#7,133	Brunelle	4,688	65,859

Who is named Brunelle

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

90% of people named Brunelle identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.7%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brunelle

Brunelle has the Soundex code B654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B654.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brunelle come from?: French Brunelle
How common is the surname Brunelle?: 4,688 people in the United States had the surname Brunelle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,859 Americans. It ranked 7,133rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brunelle?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Brunelle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Brunelle getting more or less common?: More common. 4,284 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,688 in 2010, up 9.4%.