The Bruna surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 475 people carried this name — #45,105 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 470 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,906 people named Bruna 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 San Juan.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 532 people named Bruna.
64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Poland’s population register
42 people named Bruna have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 51 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 2 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Bruna 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).
Who carried it
People named Bruna,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jose Carlos Bruna 1840–1927 · writer -
Ángel Bruna Egea 1850–1905 · businessperson -
Jan Jacobus Bruna 1876–1931 · editor-in-chief -
Juan Segundo Bruna Bruna d. 1974 · farmer
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Serge Bruna-Rosso d. 2011
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Israel Bruna 1400–1480 · rabbi
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bruna.
- Bruhl 424 · 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
- Brunache 323 · U.S. census
- Brunck 194 · U.S. census
- Brune 2,872 · U.S. census
- Bruneau 1,728 · U.S. census
- Bruneel 114 · U.S. census
- Brunel 177 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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