Brockmann Surname

29,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,845 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Brockmann Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at a brook.

Brockmann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany15,5501:5,177624
United States1,5471:234,29822,522
Brazil1121:1,911,37861,207
South Africa951:570,29244,274
Canada811:454,88439,362
Denmark721:78,3997,655
Mexico471:2,640,98321,548
Netherlands451:375,27140,838
Switzerland391:210,58818,223
Nicaragua381:158,4502,273
Australia301:899,85754,700
France261:2,554,720189,486
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
England161:3,482,379114,324
Austria151:567,69652,281
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Ireland131:362,22614,761
Panama121:326,0227,351
Chile111:1,601,49826,155
Bolivia81:1,327,0546,143
Finland81:687,08836,047
Norway81:642,78647,258
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
China21:683,660,78330,601
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3421:146,83813,702

The alternate forms: Bröckmann (34) are calculated separately.

Brockmann (11) may also be a first name.

Brockmann Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at a brook.

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

Brockmann Last Name Facts

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

Brockmann is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Bröckmann. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brockmann? popularity and diffusion

The last name Brockmann is the 29,947th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 408,380 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Brockmann reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent given name in the world, held by 11 people.

It is most common in Germany, where it is held by 15,550 people, or 1 in 5,177. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 36 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 29 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 7 percent live. Not including Germany Brockmann is found in 41 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Brockmann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brockmann has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brockmann surname expanded 452 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 145 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 1,300 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Brockmann Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Brockmann surname is predominantly Lutheran (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Brockmann last name are 6.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.85% registered with the party.

The amount Brockmann earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 76.48% more than the national average, earning 610,749 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 11.65% more than the national average, earning R 265,320 per year; in United States they earn 10.45% more than the national average, earning $47,658 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.39% more than the national average, earning $59,812 CAD per year.

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Brockmann Reference & Research

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