Brockman Surname

28,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,646 people bear this surname

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

Brockman Surname Definition:

= Brock (q.v.) + man.

Brockman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States15,5441:23,3182,932
Australia9511:28,3873,856
England7421:75,0928,522
Canada5881:62,6637,331
South Africa2641:205,21921,868
Israel1721:49,7546,556
Mexico1141:1,088,82613,775
Netherlands741:228,20530,213
Sweden611:161,42211,223
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Finland151:366,44725,366
Nicaragua121:501,7583,714
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Wales51:618,90625,852
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Macau21:300,8151,009
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
China21:683,660,78330,601
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3921:62,1827,229
Wales41:392,10412,338
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3851:21,0562,652

Brockman (54) may also be a first name.

Brockman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Brock (q.v.) + man.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at a brook.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The Kent family occur as Brokeman, in the XIV. cent. It may be synonymous with Brookman and Brooker; but brock is Old English both for a draught horse and a badger, and the primitive Brockman may have been either a horseman, as Kennett suggests, or a hunter of badgers. See English Sum. i. 176.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Brockman Last Name Facts

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

Brockman occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brockman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 28,799th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 390,837 people. The surname Brockman occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Brockman reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 54 people.

The surname Brockman is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 15,544 people, or 1 in 23,318. In The United States Brockman is most common in: Missouri, where 10 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 45 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 5 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Brockman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brockman has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 652 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 375 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brockman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Brockman are 33.47% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 86.7% registered with the party.

The amount Brockman earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 4.36% less than the national average, earning R 227,268 per year; in United States they earn 0.97% more than the national average, earning $43,569 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.76% more than the national average, earning $51,552 CAD per year.

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Brockman Reference & Research

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