The Bruneau surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,707 people carried this name — #15,710 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 7,353 people named Bruneau.
59 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 départements, most often Sarthe.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 200 people named Bruneau 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
41 people named Bruneau live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bruneau.
- Brumm 1,392 · U.S. census
- Brun 2,164 · U.S. census
- Bruna 470 · U.S. census
- Brunache 224 · U.S. census
- Brunck 193 · U.S. census
- Brune 2,711 · U.S. census
- Bruneel 119 · U.S. census
- Brunel 158 · U.S. census
- Brunelle 4,284 · U.S. census
- Brunelli 672 · U.S. census
- Brunello 245 · U.S. census
- Brunet 2,781 · U.S. census
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