Brunetti Surname

18,367th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,011 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Brunetti Surname User-submission:

Brunetti is a relatively common Italian surname. It derives from brun, meaning 'brown', relating to the physical trait of hair colour, probably a former nickname that was later used as a family name. Related to the English word for a woman with dark hair, brunette.

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Brunetti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy19,9081:3,072258
United States3,1511:115,03012,437
Argentina2,5651:16,6641,452
Brazil1,7571:121,8414,609
France9381:70,8139,884
Canada2851:129,28313,464
Switzerland2451:33,5224,929
Germany1651:487,91242,047
Chile1491:118,2314,293
Luxembourg1101:5,278760
Dominican Republic851:122,7405,063
Spain831:563,27826,988
England701:795,97243,050
Venezuela691:437,7408,753
Australia691:391,24231,907
Paraguay501:144,7353,026
Croatia501:84,57214,311
Belgium441:261,28731,734
Uruguay391:87,9948,905
South Africa291:1,868,19787,346
New Zealand271:167,71618,432
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Austria161:532,21549,801
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Malta41:107,5681,849
Montenegro41:159,8915,521
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Andorra11:83,8382,381
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Brunetti (276) may also be a first name.

Brunetti Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Brunetti is a relatively common Italian surname. It derives from brun, meaning 'brown', relating to the physical trait of hair colour, probably a former nickname that was later used as a family name. Related to the English word for a woman with dark hair, brunette.

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Brunetti Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Brunetti Come From? nationality or country of origin

Brunetti (Russian: Брунетти) is found most in Italy. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brunetti? popularity and diffusion

The last name Brunetti is the 18,367th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 242,829 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Brunetti are found; 67 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 67 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 534,713th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 276 people.

The surname is most widely held in Italy, where it is held by 19,908 people, or 1 in 3,072. In Italy Brunetti is most numerous in: Lazio, where 15 percent live, Tuscany, where 12 percent live and Apulia, where 12 percent live. Other than Italy this surname occurs in 59 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and Argentina, where 9 percent live.

Brunetti Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brunetti has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 315,100 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,750 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brunetti Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brunetti surname are 0.079999999999998% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.15% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Brunetti earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 6.44% less than the national average, earning €28,097 per year; in South Africa they earn 966.14% more than the national average, earning R 2,533,560 per year; in United States they earn 12.62% more than the national average, earning $48,595 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.06% more than the national average, earning $49,712 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Brunetti Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Brunetti in the Russian language
Брунеттиbrunetti-

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