The Bruhl surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 424 people carried this name — #49,546 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 433 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 112 people named Bruhl.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 45 people named Bruhl 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 Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Bruhl live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
23 people named Bruhl 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bruhl.
- Bruder 2,880 · U.S. census
- Bruey 171 · U.S. census
- Bruggeman 2,566 · U.S. census
- Brugger 2,405 · U.S. census
- Brugnoli 190 · U.S. census
- Bruguier 218 · U.S. census
- Brule 908 · U.S. census
- Bruley 621 · U.S. census
- Brum 1,161 · U.S. census
- Brumm 1,443 · U.S. census
- Brun 2,770 · U.S. census
- Bruna 475 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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