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The surname Bruni

An Italian surname, carried by 2,051 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B650

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bruni is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Bruni.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,051 people named Bruni in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,534 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,982.

#14,532
rank among US surnames
2,051
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+3.5%
change since 2000 (was #13,971)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,523Capasso2,053150,388
#14,528Choquette2,052150,461
#14,532Anspach2,051150,534
#14,537Wagnon2,050150,608

Who is named Bruni

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

91% of people named Bruni identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.8%
  • Two or more races 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bruni

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

Other Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bruni come from?
Borrowed from Italian Bruni.
How common is the surname Bruni?
2,051 people in the United States had the surname Bruni in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,534 Americans. It ranked 14,532nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bruni?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bruni identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bruni getting more or less common?
More common. 1,982 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,051 in 2010, up 3.5%.