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    The surname Brinkmann

    A German surname, carried by 1,629 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B652

    Brinkmann: #17,345 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brinkmann #17,345, 1,629 people Brinkmann: #17,345 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brinkmann #17,345, 1,629 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brinkmann is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Brinkmann.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,629 people named Brinkmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,531 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,486.

    #17,345
    rank among US surnames
    1,629
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.6%
    change since 2000 (was #17,483)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,337Shake1,630189,414
    #17,345Estey1,629189,531

    Who is named Brinkmann

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

    96% of people named Brinkmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Brinkmann

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brinkmann come from?
    Borrowed from German Brinkmann.
    How common is the surname Brinkmann?
    1,629 people in the United States had the surname Brinkmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,531 Americans. It ranked 17,345th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brinkmann?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brinkmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Brinkmann getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,486 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,629 in 2010, up 9.6%.
    What are other spellings of Brinkmann?
    Brinkman.