The Brunner surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 15,105 people carried this name — #2,207 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,900 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
14,276 people named Brunner live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,499 people named Brunner.
123 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
55 people named Brunner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 123 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Brunner in American newspapers,
1847–1954.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 51,114 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Brunner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Conrad Brunner 1653–1727 · physician -
Francis de Sales Brunner 1795–1859 · priest -
Sebastian Brunner 1814–1893 · writer -
Thomas Brunner 1821–1874 · surveyor -
David B. Brunner 1835–1903 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 188 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brunner.
- Brunetti 2,045 · U.S. census
- Brunetto 632 · U.S. census
- Brungard 545 · U.S. census
- Bruni 1,982 · U.S. census
- Brunie 113 · U.S. census
- Brunn 1,254 · U.S. census
- Bruno 28,729 · U.S. census
- Brunot 266 · U.S. census
- Brunson 16,118 · U.S. census
- Brunstein 119 · U.S. census
- Brunswick 1,384 · U.S. census
- Bruntz 432 · U.S. census
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