The Brito surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 21,007 people carried this name — #1,711 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,000 people counted. That is up 43% from 14,740 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 25,023 people named Brito 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 Tucumán.
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
638 people named Brito live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 77 people named Brito.
Most of them — 49 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.
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 the Nordic population registers
69 people named Brito is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Brito in American newspapers,
1879–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,077 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Brito,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Brito 1415–1500 · printer -
Filipe de Brito e Nicote 1566–1613 · military personnel -
Madre Maria do Lado 1605–1632 · nun -
John de Brito 1647–1693 · missionary -
Marcos de Noronha e Brito 1771–1828 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 226 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brito.
- Briones 15,098 · U.S. census
- Brisard 139 · U.S. census
- Brisbois 755 · U.S. census
- Brison 1,325 · U.S. census
- Brisson 3,279 · U.S. census
- Bristol 7,694 · U.S. census
- Briton 125 · U.S. census
- Britsch 394 · U.S. census
- Britz 1,162 · U.S. census
- Brix 631 · U.S. census
- Brizard 205 · U.S. census
- Brizzi 394 · U.S. census
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