The Brun surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,164 people carried this name — #12,986 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 20,843 people named Brun.
441 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 103 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
2,635 people named Brun live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
108 people named Brun have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 167 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 92 people named Brun 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 print
Brun in American newspapers,
1876–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 274,669 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Brun,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rudolf Brun 1290–1360 · politician -
Antoine Brun 1599–1654 · politician -
Hans Jacob Brun 1661–1739 · major general -
Johan Nordahl Brun 1745–1816 · bishop -
Constantin Brun 1746–1836 · diplomat
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 198 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brun.
- Bruguier 139 · U.S. census
- Bruhl 433 · U.S. census
- Brule 870 · U.S. census
- Bruley 653 · U.S. census
- Brum 1,197 · U.S. census
- Brumm 1,392 · U.S. census
- Bruna 470 · U.S. census
- Brunache 224 · U.S. census
- Brunck 193 · U.S. census
- Brune 2,711 · U.S. census
- Bruneau 1,707 · U.S. census
- Bruneel 119 · U.S. census
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