Brunet is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Brunet
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Hypocoristiques Brun (qv), formed with the suffixes -water, -el-and. They are found especially in the West Bruneau (53, 49), the Brunel in the Gard and the Puy de Dome, but also in Normandy and Picardy, and Brunet absolutely everywhere, but with very many carriers in the Poitou. Other diminutive: Brunau (08, 49) Brunaud (36, 16) Brunault (36, 58, 79), Brunaut (79), Brunaux (59, 55, 08), bruneaud (24, 33, 36) Bruneault (77) Bruneaut (93), Bruneaux (02, 77), Bruneel, Brunneel (59, Belgium), Bruniau, Bruniaux (59) Bruniot (10) Brunnet (77), Brunot (03), Brunoud (38 ). Some of these forms may also be explained by the Brunwald Germanic personal name.

How popular is Brunet?

Brunet is common in Canada.

Brunet is ranked 7979 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Brunets grew by 9.421072 per cent to 3043 since 2000 and ranked 10539 after elevating 44 spots. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.47 85.69
Hispanic or Latino 10.61 9.03
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.5 2.41
Others 1.74 1.19
Black 1.31 1.44
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.36 0.25
Brunet is quite popular family name mostly used in France while New Caledonia is ahead in terms of density. Around 67706 people have been found who wears Brunet as their family name. Brunet is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
6,072 China7
38,459 New Zealand7
5,707 Nicaragua5
11,480 Japan4
27,602 Nigeria4
23,165 Romania3
1,418 Madagascar3
4,138 Bahrain3
67,494 South Africa3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
25,074 Greece3
41,879 Turkey2
3,014 Taiwan2
1,500,361 India2
261 Vanuatu2
9,272 Ecuador2
54,135 Philippines2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
4,164 Vietnam2
17,547 Colombia2
9,185 Hong Kong2
15,162 Costa Rica1
31,584 Peru1
168 Wallis and Futuna1
13,606 Senegal1
1,542 Andorra1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
20,172 Hungary1
9,498 Iceland1
113 Falkland Islands1
880 Djibouti1
19,810 Croatia1
2,309 Monaco1
15,705 Cameroon1
17,768 Pakistan1
5,924 Paraguay1
4,249 Cambodia1
11,923 Slovenia1
7,895 South Korea1
6,033 Benin1
21,562 Portugal1
2,715 Gabon1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,255 Uruguay49
21,712 Sweden44
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
1,985 Luxembourg33
9,620 Singapore30
130,701 Ukraine28
14,963 Scotland26
16,867 Serbia23
28,338 Norway20
94,051 Kazakhstan19
5,663 Thailand18
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
383 French Polynesia99
131,777 Russia81
Countries with hundreds of Brunet:
1,760 Chile693
8,541 Morocco604
2,455 Switzerland450
23,918 Germany437
4,096 Belgium423
26,854 Italy358
15,335 Algeria357
19,682 England269
1,184 Puerto Rico231
8,460 Venezuela176
48 New Caledonia172
1,772 Mauritius146
3,381 Dominican Republic144
20,796 Australia121
24,962 Netherlands102
Countries with thousands of Brunet:
9,648 United States3,800
2,207 Spain2,237
786 Haiti2,038
7,066 Brazil1,972
723 Cuba1,894
2,634 Argentina1,866
1,856 Ivory Coast1,315
4,879 Mexico1,282
Countries with ten thousands of Brunet:
85 France35,293
393 Canada10,707
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Audrie Tousignant
 Brunet is a derivative surname brown nickname designating brown hair person.

Brunet Namesakes

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  • Andrée Brunet, Olympic athlete
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  • Annick Brunet, Actress
  • Pierre Brunet, Olympic athlete
  • Jean Brunet, Poet
  • Argentina Brunetti, Film actress
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  • Argentina Brunetti, Film actress
  • Ariane Brunet, Musical Artist
  • In 2015, Christine Brunet played the role of Pascale in 0 movie What's on Robinson's Mind.

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