Bruno surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bruno surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 28,729 people carried this name — #1,119 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,390 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,528 people named Bruno.

713 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 94 départements, most often Var.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 713
Var 459
Alpes-Maritimes 343
Bouches-du-Rhône 301
Paris 179
Finistère 90
Hérault 70
Isère 60
Côtes-d’Armor 55

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,121 people named Bruno live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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Where they live today

Ticino 237
Zurich 195
Vaud 114
Aargau 109
Geneva 53
Valais 52
Lucerne 44
Fribourg 43

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 820 people named Bruno 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.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 500
Liège 96
Brussels-Capital 86
Limburg 66
Namur 30
Flemish Brabant 18
Antwerp 9
East Flanders 9

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

In print

Bruno in American newspapers,
1893–1917.

Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Beobachter carrying the name Bruno
Der Deutsche Beobachter 1895-09-18
Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Bruno
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1902-03-23
Newspaper page from Evening Public Ledger carrying the name Bruno
Evening Public Ledger 1915-07-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 151,605 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bruno,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giordano Bruno
    Giordano Bruno 1548–1600 · astronomer
  • Gus Bruno
    Gus Bruno 1848–1914 · actor
  • Elisa Bruno
    Elisa Bruno 1869– · singer
  • Gus Bruno Jr.
    Gus Bruno Jr. 1876–1899 · actor
  • Salvatore Bruno
    Salvatore Bruno 1893–1987 · sculptor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 224 lives in all are documented under this name.

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