Bruun

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Bruun is a surname of North Germanic origin. The meaning is brown (brun in Danish, Swedish and Norwegian). In Denmark, the name is known to have been in use since the 13th century in the form Bruun. [1] 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 (c. 0.02% of the population), the Faroe Islands and the other Nordic countries (even less frequent).

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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 Statistics Denmark
Sweden320830409 Statistics Sweden
Norway100347999 Statistics Norway
Finland4862641 Finnish Population Register Centre

The infrequent occurrences of Bruun as a surname outside Scandinavia, mainly Germany, Great Britain, Canada and the U.S., [2] 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

Persons with Brun as their surname

See also

References

  1. ↑ Søndergaard, Georg (2000) Danske For- og Efternavne. Askholms Forlag. ISBN   87-90721-17-9
  2. ↑ "University of Copenhagen - Name Research Section". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
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