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    The surname Brinkman

    A Dutch surname, carried by 10,432 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B652

    Brinkman: #3,421 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Brinkman #3,421, 10,432 people Brinkman: #3,421 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brinkman #3,421, 10,432 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brinkman is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Borrowed from Dutch Brinkman or a variant of German Brinkmann. Either way, equivalent to brink ("edge, border") + man ("person, human; male human").

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,432 people named Brinkman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,596 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,968.

    #3,421
    rank among US surnames
    10,432
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #3,299)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,412Olivo10,48329,452
    #3,413Winchester10,48029,460
    #3,414Judge10,45329,537
    #3,415Serrato10,44929,548
    #3,416Ambriz10,44529,559
    #3,417Gandy10,44429,562
    #3,418Sales10,43929,576

    Who is named Brinkman

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Brinkman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brinkman

    Brinkman has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brinkman come from?
    Borrowed from Dutch Brinkman or a variant of German Brinkmann. Either way, equivalent to brink ("edge, border") + man ("person, human; male human").
    How common is the surname Brinkman?
    10,432 people in the United States had the surname Brinkman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,596 Americans. It ranked 3,421st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brinkman?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brinkman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Brinkman getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,968 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,432 in 2010, up 4.7%.