Bru surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bru surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 322 people carried this name — #62,189 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 8% from 299 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,914 people named Bru.

117 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 83 départements, most often Tarn.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 117
Tarn 387
Aveyron 373
Hérault 332
Lot-et-Garonne 195
Lot 167
Dordogne 135
Paris 123
Aude 104

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 360 people named Bru 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 134
Mendoza 98
Tucumán 30
Santa Fe 24
City of Buenos Aires 19
Salta 19
Chaco 15
Río Negro 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 24 people named Bru live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Antwerp 12
East Flanders 7
Liège 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

569 people named Bru are counted in Norway and Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.

Counted, by country

Norway (2025) 549
Sweden (2022) 20

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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Bru,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Enrique Bru
    Enrique Bru 1873–1951 · composer
  • Isabel Bru
    Isabel Bru 1874–1931 · actor
  • Ayne Bru 1401–1512 · painter
  • Mosen Vicente Bru 1682–1703 · painter
  • Raymond Bru 1756–
  • Nils Trulsen Bru 1776–1823 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Bru.

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