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The Brunelle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,688 people carried this name — #7,133 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,900 people counted. That is up 9% from 4,284 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Brunelle surname

French Brunelle

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Brunelle» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 675 people named Brunelle.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 14
Pas-de-Calais 212
Nord 148
Aisne 108
Somme 46
Paris 31
Yvelines 14
Ardennes 7
Val-d’Oise 7

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 54 people named Brunelle 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.

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

Where they live today

Hainaut 49
East Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Brunelle in American newspapers,
1916.

Newspaper page from The Lakeland Evening Telegram carrying the name Brunelle
The Lakeland Evening Telegram 1916-02-26
Newspaper page from The Lakeland Evening Telegram carrying the name Brunelle
The Lakeland Evening Telegram 1916-02-29
Newspaper page from Catoctin Clarion carrying the name Brunelle
Catoctin Clarion 1916-02-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,124 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Brunelle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Maria Isabella Harskamps
    Maria Isabella Harskamps 1724–1805 · philanthropist
  • Hervé-Edgar Brunelle
    Hervé-Edgar Brunelle 1891–1950 · lawyer
  • Rolland Brunelle
    Rolland Brunelle 1911–2004 · musician
  • Philip Brunelle
    Philip Brunelle 1943– · conductor
  • Honoré Brunelle Tourigny 1857–1918 · politician
  • Andrew Brunelle 1894–1943 · screenwriter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Brunelle.

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