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    The surname Brockman

    A surname, carried by 11,204 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B625

    Brockman: #3,223 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Brockman #3,223, 11,204 people Brockman: #3,223 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brockman #3,223, 11,204 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brockman is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,204 people named Brockman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,557 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,837.

    #3,223
    rank among US surnames
    11,204
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #3,068)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,214Victor11,23427,483
    #3,215Stanfield11,22927,495
    #3,217Ruvalcaba11,22027,517
    #3,218Newsom11,21827,522
    #3,219Shipp11,21727,525
    #3,220Dao11,21127,540
    #3,222Sage11,20727,549

    Who is named Brockman

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

    87% of people named Brockman identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brockmans

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Greg Brockman
      American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer, born 1987
    • John Brockman
      American literary agent, born 1941
    • Jon Brockman
      American basketball player (born 1987)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brockman

    Brockman has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brockman?
    11,204 people in the United States had the surname Brockman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,557 Americans. It ranked 3,223rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brockman?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Brockman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Brockman?
    Greg Brockman, American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer, followed by John Brockman.
    Where is the surname Brockman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brockman in the United States.
    Is the surname Brockman getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,837 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,204 in 2010, up 3.4%.