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    The surname Bruggeman

    A Dutch surname, carried by 2,566 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B625

    Bruggeman: #12,140 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bruggeman #12,140, 2,566 people Bruggeman: #12,140 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bruggeman #12,140, 2,566 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bruggeman is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Borrowed from Dutch Bruggeman.

    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 2,566 people named Bruggeman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,322 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,458.

    #12,140
    rank among US surnames
    2,566
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #11,692)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,132Sugg2,568120,228
    #12,136Morelos2,567120,275
    #12,140Tuten2,566120,322
    #12,148Rosato2,565120,369

    Who is named Bruggeman

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

    96% of people named Bruggeman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bruggemans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Prosper Bruggeman
      Belgian rower, 1870–1939

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bruggeman

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

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bruggeman come from?
    Borrowed from Dutch Bruggeman.
    How common is the surname Bruggeman?
    2,566 people in the United States had the surname Bruggeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,322 Americans. It ranked 12,140th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bruggeman?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bruggeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bruggeman?
    Prosper Bruggeman, Belgian rower.
    Where is the surname Bruggeman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bruggeman in Belgium.
    Is the surname Bruggeman getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,566 in 2010, up 4.4%.