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The Brule surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 870 people carried this name — #26,394 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,540 people named Brule.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 79 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Paris 295
Aisne 219
Loir-et-Cher 146
Sarthe 135
Ille-et-Vilaine 124
Morbihan 110
Vienne 93
Yvelines 92

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

20 people named Brule live in Switzerland.

They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 17
Neuchâtel 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Brule is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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