# Brunt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brunt/  
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) | 1,866 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,651 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 165,458 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (1,779 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from placenames derived from the adjective burnt. Compare Brent. * As an Irish surname, variant of Prunty. * As a Dutch surname, possibly a variant of Bruns.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brunt 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) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brunt in the United Kingdom.

## People named Brunt

- Peter Brunt, British academic and ancient historian (1917–2005)

## Similar surnames

Burnett, Burnette, Brant, Brent, Brunette, Brunet, Brunetti, Bernat, Bryant, Brandt, Berndt, Brummett.

## 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.