The Brunetto surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 607 people carried this name — #36,788 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 4% from 632 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Brunetto surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From Bruno + -etto (diminutive suffix).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Brunetto» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 683 people named Brunetto 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 Córdoba.
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 212 people named Brunetto.
87 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Var.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
27 people named Brunetto live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/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 23 people named Brunetto 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Brunetto,
with a public archive behind them.
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Franco Borri Brunetto 1928–2017 · politician
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Franco Borri Brunetto 1928–2017 · politician
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Roberto Brunetto 1955– · association football player
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María José Brunetto 1967– · writer
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Rosario Brunetto 1980– · astronomer
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Mario Brunetto 2005– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brunetto.
- Brunelli 473 · U.S. census
- Brunello 177 · U.S. census
- Brunet 3,043 · U.S. census
- Brunetta 162 · U.S. census
- Brunette 3,459 · U.S. census
- Brunetti 2,203 · U.S. census
- Brungard 554 · U.S. census
- Bruni 2,051 · U.S. census
- Brunie 113 · U.S. census
- Brunn 1,192 · U.S. census
- Brunner 15,593 · U.S. census
- Bruno 30,883 · U.S. census
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