Brunett

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈbɹənɪt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Brunett is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 459K(measured from records)
  • AOAngola≈1 in 56K
  • ATAustria≈1 in 119K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,400 people, est.

Sources
192 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 56K (inferred from the name graph)

Angola, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Bruenett in CN China.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Brunett counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Brunett is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈3,400 est.≈1 in 415K—Bruenett1
US United States7251 in 459K776Brunett192
AO Angola≈580 est.≈1 in 56K—Brunett1
DZ Algeria≈340 est.≈1 in 127K—Brunett3
GB United Kingdom≈200 est.≈1 in 335K—Brunett10
AT Austria≈75 est.≈1 in 119K—Brunett1
CH Switzerland561 in 150K56—6
IE Ireland≈36 est.≈1 in 143K—Brunett1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Brunett is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Ghana

    Also written Brunétt

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Brünett, Brunétt, Brùnętt, Brunëtt

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Brunett is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swedish, a brunette (woman with brown hair)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Brunett,
InformalHi Brunett,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Brunett
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020776#31,903
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000763#29,237
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010725#31,824
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202456#17,076
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Brunett?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbɹənɪt/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Brunett have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.4 thousand people named Brunett in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bruenett.
How common is the name Brunett?
In the United States, the national register counted 725 people named Brunett in 2010, about 1 in 459 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Brunett”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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