The Bren surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 781 people carried this name — #30,043 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is down 2% from 799 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bren surname
From Břetislav.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Bren» (English) and «Břeň» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Bren.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Finistère.
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 Poland’s population register
25 people named Bren have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 84 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Who carried it
People named Bren,
with a public archive behind them.
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Celestyn Bren 1799–1875 · local historian -
Celestyn Bren 1802–1875 · local historian
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J. Robert Bren 1903–1981 · screenwriter
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Donald Bren 1932– · entrepreneur
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Frank Bren 1943–2018 · actor
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Matevž Bren 1954– · mathematician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bren.
- Breiner 1,214 · U.S. census
- Breit 1,302 · U.S. census
- Breitenbach 1,441 · U.S. census
- Breitenstein 1,355 · U.S. census
- Brem 629 · U.S. census
- Bremer 6,733 · U.S. census
- Brena 505 · U.S. census
- Brenckle 161 · U.S. census
- Brendel 2,273 · U.S. census
- Brender 253 · U.S. census
- Brendle 1,837 · U.S. census
- Brenner 16,114 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bren is.
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