Where does the surname Brockmeyer come from?

Brockmeyer is German in origin.

How common is the surname Brockmeyer?

1,090 people in the United States had the surname Brockmeyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. It ranked 23,354th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brockmeyer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brockmeyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brockmeyer?

Oscar Brockmeyer, American soccer player (1883-1954).

Where is the surname Brockmeyer most common?

Wikidata records people named Brockmeyer in the United States.

Is the surname Brockmeyer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,090 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Brockmeyer

A German surname, carried by 1,090 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brockmeyer is more common than 85.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

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 1,090 people named Brockmeyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,058.

#23,354

rank among US surnames

1,090

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #22,670)

Who is named Brockmeyer

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

96% of people named Brockmeyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brockmeyers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Oscar Brockmeyer
American soccer player (1883-1954)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brockmeyer

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brockmeyer come from?: Brockmeyer is German in origin.
How common is the surname Brockmeyer?: 1,090 people in the United States had the surname Brockmeyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. It ranked 23,354th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brockmeyer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brockmeyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brockmeyer?: Oscar Brockmeyer, American soccer player (1883-1954).
Where is the surname Brockmeyer most common?: Wikidata records people named Brockmeyer in the United States.
Is the surname Brockmeyer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,090 in 2010, up 3.0%.