The Brenner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,114 people carried this name — #2,255 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 15,809 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
736 people named Brenner live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 692 people named Brenner.
55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 167 people named Brenner 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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 Poland’s population register
73 people named Brenner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 143 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
243 people named Brenner are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Brenner in American newspapers,
1888–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 55,822 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Brenner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Martin Brenner 1548–1616 · Catholic bishop -
Elias Brenner 1647–1717 · historian -
Martin Brenner d. 1553 · physician
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Dominik Martin Brenner d. 1721
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Melchior Brenner 1550–1610 · artist
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Simon Brenner 1550–1700 · local historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brenner.
- Bren 781 · 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
- Brenon 237 · U.S. census
- Brenot 124 · U.S. census
- Breon 1,211 · U.S. census
- Bres 137 · U.S. census
- Bresch 212 · U.S. census
- Brescia 1,636 · U.S. census
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