The Bruni surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,051 people carried this name — #14,532 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,982 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bruni surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Patronymic surname from the personal name Bruno.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bruni» (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 1,674 people named Bruni 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
606 people named Bruni live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 498 people named Bruni.
161 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 72 people named Bruni 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.
In print
Bruni in American newspapers,
1905–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,703 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bruni,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leonardo Bruni 1369–1444 · writer -
Leonardo Bruni 1370–1444 · writer
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Francesco Bruni 1500–1510 · judge -
Matteo Bruni 1503–1575 · bishop -
Giuseppe Lorenzo Bruni d. 1775 · physician
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Gian Giacomo Bruni d. 1507 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bruni.
- Brunet 3,043 · 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
- Brunie 113 · U.S. census
- Brunn 1,192 · U.S. census
- Brunner 15,593 · U.S. census
- Bruno 30,883 · U.S. census
- Brunot 297 · U.S. census
- Brunson 17,099 · U.S. census
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