The Bruyneel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 110 people carried this name — #139,757 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,152 people named Bruyneel 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 189 people named Bruyneel.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Nord.
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.
Who carried it
People named Bruyneel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Edmond Bruyneel 1858–1923 · politician -
Robert Bruyneel 1905–1999 · politician -
Johan Bruyneel 1964– · sport cyclist
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Jonas Bruyneel 1989– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bruyneel.
- Bruschi 504 · U.S. census
- Brusco 521 · U.S. census
- Brusseau 756 · U.S. census
- Brust 2,976 · U.S. census
- Brutus 1,797 · U.S. census
- Bruyere 513 · U.S. census
- Bruzzese 679 · U.S. census
- Bruzzi 201 · U.S. census
- Bruzzone 193 · U.S. census
- Bry 377 · U.S. census
- Bryan 57,143 · U.S. census
- Bryon 284 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bruyneel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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