The Brunet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,043 people carried this name — #10,539 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 97,100 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,781 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Brunet surname
French Brunet
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Brunet» (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 19,354 people named Brunet.
315 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 101 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 835 people named Brunet 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
239 people named Brunet live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 156 people named Brunet 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 West Flanders.
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 the Nordic population registers
22 people named Brunet 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).
In print
Brunet in American newspapers,
1855–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,803 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Brunet,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph de Brunet 1704–1776 · naval officer -
Mademoiselle Montansier 1730–1820 · theatre manager -
Gaspard Jean-Baptiste Brunet 1734–1793 · military personnel -
Jacques Charles Brunet 1780–1867 · writer -
Carlo Brunet 1806–1893 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 204 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brunet.
- Bruneau 1,728 · U.S. census
- Bruneel 114 · U.S. census
- Brunel 177 · U.S. census
- Brunelle 4,688 · U.S. census
- Brunelli 473 · U.S. census
- Brunello 177 · U.S. census
- Brunetta 162 · U.S. census
- Brunette 3,459 · U.S. census
- Brunetti 2,203 · U.S. census
- Brunetto 607 · U.S. census
- Brungard 554 · U.S. census
- Bruni 2,051 · U.S. census
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