How common is the surname Bruno?

30,883 people in the United States had the surname Bruno in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,997 Americans. It ranked 1,135th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bruno?

In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Bruno identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bruno?

Frank Bruno, British boxer, followed by Dylan Bruno.

Where is the surname Bruno most common?

Wikidata records people named Bruno in the United States, Argentina and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Bruno?

Bruno is /ˈbɹunoʊ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bruno getting more or less common?

More common. 28,729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,883 in 2010, up 7.5%.

Is Bruno also a first name?

Yes. Bruno is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Bruno

An Italian surname, carried by 30,883 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɹunoʊ/ 2 syllables Soundex B650 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bruno is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

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.

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 30,883 people named Bruno in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,997 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,729.

#1,135

rank among US surnames

30,883

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,119)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,126	Kendall	31,209	9,893
#1,127	Cleveland	31,123	9,920
#1,128	Crowley	31,098	9,928
#1,129	Pearce	31,060	9,940
#1,130	Dillard	31,021	9,953
#1,131	Wilder	31,018	9,954
#1,132	Lange	30,984	9,965

Who is named Bruno

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

74% of people named Bruno identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brunos

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Bruno
British boxer, born 1961
Dylan Bruno
American actor, born 1972
Gianni Bruno
Belgian footballer, born 1991
Fabrício Bruno
Association football player, born 1996
Chris Bruno
American actor, born 1966
Angelo Bruno
American mobster (1910–1980)
Federico Bruno
Argentine long- and middle-distance runner, born 1993
Nicolás Bruno
Argentinian volleyball player, born 1989
Joseph Bruno
American politician (1929–2020)
Sonia Bruno
Actress, born 1943
Billi Bruno
American actor and television actor, born 1997
Jimmy Bruno
American musician, born 1953

Notable Brunos come mostly from the United States (5), Argentina (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bruno

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bruno come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Bruno?: 30,883 people in the United States had the surname Bruno in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,997 Americans. It ranked 1,135th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bruno?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Bruno identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bruno?: Frank Bruno, British boxer, followed by Dylan Bruno.
Where is the surname Bruno most common?: Wikidata records people named Bruno in the United States, Argentina and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Bruno?: Bruno is /ˈbɹunoʊ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Bruno getting more or less common?: More common. 28,729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,883 in 2010, up 7.5%.
Is Bruno also a first name?: Yes. Bruno is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.