The Lebrun surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,890 people carried this name — #8,479 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,800 people counted. That is up 13% from 3,432 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 10,413 people named Lebrun.
146 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 3,049 people named Lebrun 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.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
110 people named Lebrun live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 71 people named Lebrun 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Lebrun in American newspapers,
1857–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,016 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lebrun,
with a public archive behind them.
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Guerin Lebrun 1200–1236 · warrior monk -
Claude Lebrun de la Rochette 1560–1630 · jurist -
Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun 1729–1807 · writer -
Léon Henri Léonor Lebrun 1733–1803 · politician -
Jean-Baptiste Lebrun de Rochemont 1736–1822 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 214 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lebrun.
- Lebourgeois 295 · U.S. census
- Lebrasseur 193 · U.S. census
- Lebre 115 · U.S. census
- Lebret 155 · U.S. census
- Lebreton 556 · U.S. census
- Lebreux 142 · U.S. census
- Leca 201 · U.S. census
- Lecca 147 · U.S. census
- Lecesne 135 · U.S. census
- Lech 1,336 · U.S. census
- Lechene 124 · U.S. census
- Lecher 752 · U.S. census
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