How common is the surname Brunner?

15,593 people in the United States had the surname Brunner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,800 Americans. It ranked 2,337th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brunner?

Alois Brunner, Austrian SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator (1912–2010), followed by John Brunner.

Where is the surname Brunner most common?

Wikidata records people named Brunner in Austria, Germany and the United States and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Brunner getting more or less common?

More common. 15,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,593 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Brunner

A surname, carried by 15,593 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brunner is more common than 98.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 15,593 people named Brunner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,800 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,105.

#2,337

rank among US surnames

15,593

people in 2010

5.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,207)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,328	Naranjo	15,658	19,718
#2,329	Henriquez	15,657	19,719
#2,330	Skelton	15,624	19,761
#2,331	Cutler	15,621	19,765
#2,332	Vergara	15,618	19,769
#2,333	McGregor	15,614	19,774
#2,335	Goddard	15,599	19,793

Who is named Brunner

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

92% of people named Brunner identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brunners

15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alois Brunner
Austrian SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator (1912–2010)
John Brunner
British author (1934–1995)
Stephanie Brunner
Austrian alpine skier, born 1994
Magnus Brunner
Austrian politician, finance minister, born 1972
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, born 1943
Otto Brunner
Austrian historian (1898–1982)
Sebastian Brunner
Austrian journalist (1814-1893)

Notable Brunners come mostly from Austria (8), Germany (2) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brunner

Brunner has the Soundex code B656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B656.

Questions

How common is the surname Brunner?: 15,593 people in the United States had the surname Brunner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,800 Americans. It ranked 2,337th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brunner?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Brunner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brunner?: Alois Brunner, Austrian SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator (1912–2010), followed by John Brunner.
Where is the surname Brunner most common?: Wikidata records people named Brunner in Austria, Germany and the United States and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Brunner getting more or less common?: More common. 15,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,593 in 2010, up 3.2%.