Brinkerhoff Surname

105,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,425 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Brinkerhoff Surname Definition:

BRINKERHOFF: (Dutch.) Brengerhof, messenger of the court, or head messenger or carrier; from Brenger, a messenger, and hof, a court, or hoofd, head, chief, a leader.

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Brinkerhoff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,2991:84,3129,546
Canada431:856,87466,382
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
Uruguay131:263,98118,914
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9131:55,0046,165

Brinkerhoff (13) may also be a first name.

Brinkerhoff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

BRINKERHOFF: (Dutch.) Brengerhof, messenger of the court, or head messenger or carrier; from Brenger, a messenger, and hof, a court, or hoofd, head, chief, a leader.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

User-submitted Reference

The surname Brinkerhoff means 'large home on a town square'. It comes from the Dutch words brink, meaning 'town square', and hof, meaning 'farmhouse'.

- richardbrinkerhoff

Brinkerhoff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brinkerhoff is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brinkerhoff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Brinkerhoff is the 105,756th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,646,903 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Brinkerhoff live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. Brinkerhoff is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 13 people.

Brinkerhoff is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 4,299 people, or 1 in 84,312. In The United States Brinkerhoff is primarily found in: Utah, where 30 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Arizona, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 24 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Brinkerhoff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brinkerhoff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Brinkerhoff last name increased 471 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brinkerhoff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Brinkerhoff surname are 27.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.93% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Brinkerhoff earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 2.64% more than the national average, earning $44,287 USD per year and in Canada they earn 78.41% more than the national average, earning $88,640 CAD per year.

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