# Bruno (surname)

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

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 30,883 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,135 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,997 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (28,729 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹunoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Italian, German etc continental European Bruno, name of medieval Italian and German saints and royalty, Latinized form of Old High German brūn (“brown”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn. The surname is mostly borrowed from Italian Bruno. Doublet of Brown.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bruno 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 16% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bruno in the United States, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Brazil and the Kingdom of Italy.

## People named Bruno

- Frank Bruno, British boxer
- Dylan Bruno, American actor
- Gianni Bruno, Belgian footballer
- Fabrício Bruno, association football player
- Chris Bruno, American actor
- Angelo Bruno, American mobster (1910–1980)
- Federico Bruno, Argentine long- and middle-distance runner
- Nicolás Bruno, Argentinian volleyball player
- Joseph Bruno, American politician (1929–2020)
- Sonia Bruno, actress
- Billi Bruno, American actor and television actor
- Jimmy Bruno, American musician

## Similar surnames

Braun, Brune, Bruhn, Brun, Bruni, Bruneau, Bran, Burn, Breon, Brunn, Brion, Bruen.

## 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.