The Bruzzese surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 679 people carried this name — #33,567 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 647 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bruzzese surname
Variant of Abruzzese.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bruzzese» (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 442 people named Bruzzese 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 81 people named Bruzzese.
Most of them — 72 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
54 people named Bruzzese live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 40 people named Bruzzese 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 Liège.
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 Bruzzese,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maria Antonia Amelia Bruzzese 1864–1938 · art model -
Vincenzo Bruzzese 1880–1953 · painter
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Vincenzo Bruzzese 1880–1953 · painter
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Carmelo Bruzzese 1949–
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Riccardo Bruzzese 1953– · physicist
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Luca Bruzzese 1975– · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bruzzese.
- 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
- Bruyneel 110 · 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
- Brys 439 · U.S. census
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