The Brambilla surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 223 people carried this name — #84,136 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 23% from 181 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Brambilla surname
Variant of Brembilla.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Brambilla» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,529 people named Brambilla live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
164 people named Brambilla live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 97 people named Brambilla.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Brambilla in American newspapers,
1886–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,189 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Brambilla,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla 1728–1800 · physician -
Marietta Brambilla 1807–1875 · composer -
Camillo Brambilla 1809–1892 · numismatist -
Teresa Brambilla 1813–1895 · opera singer -
Giuseppina Brambilla 1819–1903 · opera singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 143 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brambilla.
- Brahimi 202 · U.S. census
- Braida 162 · U.S. census
- Brail 124 · U.S. census
- Brain 1,533 · U.S. census
- Bral 172 · U.S. census
- Braley 3,924 · U.S. census
- Brame 2,911 · U.S. census
- Brams 129 · U.S. census
- Bran 1,687 · U.S. census
- Brana 354 · U.S. census
- Branas 179 · U.S. census
- Branca 1,220 · U.S. census
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