# Brunner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brunner/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,593 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,337 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,800 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (15,105 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brunner in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brunner in Austria, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom and the German Empire.

## People named Brunner

- Alois Brunner, Austrian SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator (1912–2010)
- John Brunner, British author (1934–1995)
- Stephanie Brunner, Austrian alpine skier
- Magnus Brunner, Austrian politician, finance minister
- Franz Brunner, Austrian handball player (1913–1991)
- Melitta Brunner, Austrian figure skater (1907–2003)
- Heinrich Brunner, Austrian legal scholar (1840–1915)
- Gustav Brunner, Austrian engineer and car designer (born 1950)
- Angela Brunner, actress (1931–2011)
- Mary Brunner, American convicted criminal
- Otto Brunner, Austrian historian (1898–1982)
- Sebastian Brunner, Austrian journalist (1814-1893)

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Brenner, Bruner, Bernier, Barner, Berner, Brawner, Bronner, Boerner, Bryner, Briner, Burner, Browner.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.