How common is the surname Brunette?

3,459 people in the United States had the surname Brunette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,259 Americans. It ranked 9,399th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brunette?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Brunette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brunette?

Fritzi Brunette, American movie actress (1890-1943).

Where is the surname Brunette most common?

Wikidata records people named Brunette in the United States.

Is the surname Brunette getting more or less common?

More common. 3,335 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,459 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Brunette

A French surname, carried by 3,459 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brunette is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French.

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 3,459 people named Brunette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,259 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,335.

#9,399

rank among US surnames

3,459

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,011)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,394	Hovis	3,462	89,181
#9,395	Borton	3,461	89,207
#9,397	Elia	3,460	89,233
#9,399	Edinger	3,459	89,259
#9,403	Samayoa	3,458	89,284
#9,405	Claussen	3,457	89,310

Who is named Brunette

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

91% of people named Brunette identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brunettes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fritzi Brunette
American movie actress (1890-1943)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brunette

Brunette has the Soundex code B653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B653.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brunette come from?: Brunette is French in origin.
How common is the surname Brunette?: 3,459 people in the United States had the surname Brunette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,259 Americans. It ranked 9,399th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brunette?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Brunette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brunette?: Fritzi Brunette, American movie actress (1890-1943).
Where is the surname Brunette most common?: Wikidata records people named Brunette in the United States.
Is the surname Brunette getting more or less common?: More common. 3,335 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,459 in 2010, up 3.7%.