'''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.<ref>Søndergaard, Georg (2000) Danske For- og Efternavne. Askholms Forlag. {{ISBN|87-90721-17-9}}</ref> 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).
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: {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! !Bruun !Bruhn !Brun !source |- |Denmark |align="right"|6382 |align="right"|1540 |align="right"|566 |[http://www.dst.dk/Statistik/Navne/HvorMange.aspx Statistics Denmark] |- |Sweden |align="right"|320 |align="right"|830 |align="right"|409 |[http://www.scb.se/Pages/Standard____31245.aspx Statistics Sweden] |- |Norway |align="right"|1003 |align="right"|47 |align="right"|999 |[http://www.ssb.no/navn/ Statistics Norway] |- |Finland |align="right"|486 |align="right"|26 |align="right"|41 |[https://web.archive.org/web/20101028114504/http://192.49.222.187/Nimipalvelu/default.asp?L=3 Finnish Population Register Centre] |}
The infrequent occurrences of Bruun as a surname outside Scandinavia, mainly Germany, Great Britain, Canada and the U.S.,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.danskernesnavne.navneforskning.ku.dk/Personnavne.asp |title=University of Copenhagen - Name Research Section |access-date=2007-11-04 |archive-date=2013-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224100321/http://www.danskernesnavne.navneforskning.ku.dk/Personnavne.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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=== * Amalie Bruun (born 1985), Danish singer, musician, model * Anders Bruun (born 1979), Swedish bandy player * Anton Frederik Bruun (1901–1961), Danish oceanographer and ichthyologist * Antti Bruun (1979 -), Finnish ice hockey player * Bertel Bruun (1937–2011), Danish-American ornithologist and illustrator * Birgitte Bruun (1934–1997), Danish actress * Malte Conrad Bruun (1755–1826), Danish-French geographer and journalist * Edgar Bruun (1905–1985), Norwegian race walker * Erik Bruun (born 1926), Finnish designer * Geoffrey Bruun (1899–1988), Canadian-American historian * Hans Henrik Bruun (1939–2018), Danish-British engineer * Hans Henrik R. Bruun (1946 -), Danish sociologist and diplomat * Kai Aage Bruun (1899–1971), Danish composer and state radio administrator * Kim Malthe-Bruun (1923–1945), Danish resistance fighter against the Nazi occupation * Mads Pagh Bruun (1809–1884), Danish politician * Magnus Bruun (1984-), Danish actor * Morten Bruun (1965-), Danish football player * Peter Daniel Bruun (1796–1864), Danish politician * Scott Bruun (born 1966), American politician * Charles Kristian Bonnycastle Bruun (1979–), Canadian-Finnish actor
===Persons with Brun as their surname=== * Ane Brun (born 1976), Norwegian singer-songwriter * Charles Brun (1866–1919), Danish politician * Constantin Brun (1746–1836), German-Danish merchant * Eske Brun (1904–1987), Danish governor in Greenland during World War II * Friederike Brun (1765–1835) German-Danish author and art patron, wife of Constantin Brun * Johan Nordahl Brun (1745–1816), Norwegian poet and bishop * Viggo Brun (1885–1978) - Norwegian mathematician
== See also == * Bruhn
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