How common is the surname Brunton?

2,138 people in the United States had the surname Brunton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,409 Americans. It ranked 14,070th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brunton?

Richard Henry Brunton, British engineer (1841-1901), followed by Lauder Brunton.

Where is the surname Brunton most common?

Wikidata records people named Brunton in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Brunton getting more or less common?

More common. 2,029 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,138 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Brunton

An English place surname, carried by 2,138 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brunton is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

From a metathesized form of Old English burna (“stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). This surname is also common in Ireland.

Brunton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,138 people named Brunton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,409 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,029.

#14,070

rank among US surnames

2,138

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #13,707)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,062	Calhoon	2,141	144,206
#14,064	Frison	2,140	144,274
#14,067	Castiglione	2,139	144,341
#14,070	Mazon	2,138	144,409
#14,076	Ellefson	2,137	144,476

Who is named Brunton

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

92% of people named Brunton identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bruntons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Henry Brunton
British engineer (1841-1901)
Lauder Brunton
British doctor (1844-1916)
William Brunton
British engineer, 1777–1851

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brunton

Brunton has the Soundex code B653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B653.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brunton come from?: From a metathesized form of Old English burna (“stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). This surname is also common in Ireland.
How common is the surname Brunton?: 2,138 people in the United States had the surname Brunton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,409 Americans. It ranked 14,070th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brunton?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Brunton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brunton?: Richard Henry Brunton, British engineer (1841-1901), followed by Lauder Brunton.
Where is the surname Brunton most common?: Wikidata records people named Brunton in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Brunton?: Brunton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Brunton getting more or less common?: More common. 2,029 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,138 in 2010, up 5.4%.