Brugman Surname

84,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,744 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Brugman Surname User-submission:

The Brugman surname means 'bridgeman'.

The Netherlands is criss-crossed by waterways, and those waterways are criss-crossed by bridges. Many of those bridges needed to be manually raised and lowered to allow watercraft to pass. The Bridgemen, Brugmannen were the people who managed those bridges and the safe passage of people and goods.

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Brugman Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3,7151:4,546457
United States1,1231:322,76029,402
Australia2251:119,98113,219
Indonesia1451:912,06368,055
South Africa1361:398,36535,171
Belgium701:164,23822,550
Uruguay631:54,4725,995
Peru451:706,31416,453
Canada451:818,79163,991
Germany341:2,367,808122,173
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Norway131:395,56035,657
England131:4,286,005132,302
France131:5,109,440259,941
Puerto Rico81:443,7673,219
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
China21:683,660,78330,601
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Norfolk Island11:2,295315
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States601:836,97851,589

The alternate forms: Brügman (11) are calculated separately.

Brugman Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Brugman surname means 'bridgeman'.

The Netherlands is criss-crossed by waterways, and those waterways are criss-crossed by bridges. Many of those bridges needed to be manually raised and lowered to allow watercraft to pass. The Bridgemen, Brugmannen were the people who managed those bridges and the safe passage of people and goods.

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Brugman Demographics

Average Brugman Salary in
United States

$49,049 USD

Per year
Rank:
432,327 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000349096
Rank: 26,712 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
113.67%
Sample size: 607 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Brugman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brugman (Russian: Бругман) is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Brügman. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brugman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 84,152nd most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,268,723 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 68 percent of Brugman live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 66 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 3,715 people, or 1 in 4,546. In The Netherlands Brugman is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 25 percent live, Gelderland, where 24 percent live and South Holland, where 18 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it exists in 46 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.

Brugman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brugman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brugman last name rose 1,872 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 325 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brugman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Brugman last name are 13.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.45% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Brugman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 42.6% more than the national average, earning 493,495 kr per year; in Peru they earn 17.32% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,027 per year; in South Africa they earn 222.55% more than the national average, earning R 766,512 per year; in United States they earn 13.67% more than the national average, earning $49,049 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.49% more than the national average, earning $52,410 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brügman9511/
Brugmann93454/
Bruggman93368/
Bruegman93153/
Brougman934/
Brughman933/
Brugmand931/
Bruggmann881,332/
Broughman881,065/
Bruegmann88131/
Brueggman8878/
Braughman889/
Brigman864,361/
Brogman864/
Brugmam860/
Brueggmann8255/
Brügmann802,469/
Briggman80375/
Brigmann80122/
Broegman8034/
Briegman8014/
Brighman809/
Broghman802/
Brigmanė801/
Bricgman801/
Brogmann801/
Broogman800/
Brüggmann75764/
Briegmann75106/
Briggmann7518/
Broegmann756/
Brigmon71313/
Briggmon673/
Vroegman672/
Brigmohun6322/
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Brugman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Brugman in the Russian language
Бругманbrugman-

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Brugman Reference & Research

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