Bruun


Bruun is a surname of North Germanic origin. The meaning is brown. In Denmark, the name is known to have been in use since the 13th century in the form Bruun. Other spelling variants are Bruhn and Brun. Today, c. 0.1% of the population carries Bruun as their surname or middle name. The name is also in use in Norway, the Faroe Islands and the other Nordic Countries.
In the Danish translation of Peanuts, Charlie Brown is called Søren Brun.

Abundance

As of 2007, the numbers of bearers of the surnames Bruun, Bruhn and Brun in the Nordic Countries are:
BruunBruhnBrunsource
Denmark63821540566
Sweden320830409
Norway100347999
Finland4862641

The infrequent occurrences of Bruun as a surname outside Scandinavia, mainly Germany, Great Britain, Canada and the U.S., is due to immigration from the Nordic Countries; in Germany possibly as a variation over the given name Bruno.

Notable people

Persons with Bruun as their surname