Brüggemann
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Ableitung mit -mann zu Brücke/Brügge; Herkunfts-/Wohnstättenname oder Berufsname 'Steinsetzer, Pflasterer'; Konsonantenvariation ck/gg/g; 5191 Belege
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
Brüggemann is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 7.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 96K
- NLNetherlands1 in 130K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Brüggemann itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 190 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)2 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Bruggemann in AU Australia, NL Netherlands, BZ Belize and Brueggemann in US United States, GB United Kingdom.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Ableitung mit -mann zu Brücke/Brügge; Herkunfts-/Wohnstättenname oder Berufsname 'Steinsetzer, Pflasterer'; Konsonantenvariation ck/gg/g; 5191 Belege.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Brüggemann counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #525 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | listed | Brüggemann | 97 |
| US United States | — | 1,183as Brueggemann | 1 in 281K | 1.2K | Brueggemann | 190 |
| BR Brazil | — | 294 | 1 in 720K | 294 | — | 2 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 169K | — | Bruggemann | 58 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 514K | — | Brueggemann | 24 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 133 | 1 in 130K | 133 | Bruggemann | 24 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 88 | 1 in 96K | 88 | Brüggemann | 11 |
| SE Sweden | — | 73 | 1 in 140K | 73 | Brüggemann | 10 |
| BZ Belize | — | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 148K | — | Bruggemann | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the dfa-band-2 register; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Brüggemann is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Zu mnd. brugge/brughe 'Brücke, Steg'; der Typ zeigt u/ü-Monophthongvarianz in brugg- / brügg- und Ableitungen auf -mann/-ner/-er usw.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, zu 'Brücke'; Bildung mit -mann, v. a. als Wohnstättenname; 496 Namensträger im Text genannt.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, mnd. brugge, brügge 'Brücke'; Wohnstätten-/Herkunftssurname mit -mann; 5139 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Herkunfts-/Wohnstättenname zu Brügg/Brück mit -mann; zeigt Varianten mit -mann, -mann(n), -gemann sowie Br-/Brü-/Bru- und k/gg-Wechsel. Morphologisch: -mann-Bildung. 7758 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Herkunfts-/Wohnstättenname auf -mann; ggf. auch Berufsname zu mnd. bruggemann „Steinsetzer, Pflasterer“; 5139 Belege
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Michael Brüggemannb. 1583DEGerman pastor
- Otto Brüggemannb. 1901DEGerman actor (1901–1968)
- Ewald Brüggemannb. 1918DEGerman politician (1918-2008)
- Heinrich Brüggemannb. 1924DEGerman politician (1924-1996)
- Wolfgang Brüggemannb. 1926DEGerman politician
- Tati Pennab. 1960CLnot in their usual nameChilean singer, journalist and television personality (1960-2021)
- Alexander Brüggemannb. 1966DEGerman video game designer (1966-2013)
- Dietrich Brüggemannb. 1976DEGerman film director and screenwriter
- Lars Brüggemannb. 1976DEice hockey player
- Anna Brüggemannb. 1981DEGerman actress and screenwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)11 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 133 | #15,089 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 88 | #12,221 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 73 | #9,252 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 2 | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Brüggemann mean?
- Recorded meaning: Ableitung mit -mann zu Brücke/Brügge; Herkunfts-/Wohnstättenname oder Berufsname 'Steinsetzer, Pflasterer'; Konsonantenvariation ck/gg/g; 5191 Belege.
- In which country does Brüggemann have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Brüggemann in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled brüggemann.
- How common is the name Brüggemann?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 294 people named Brüggemann, about 1 in 720 thousand residents.
- How common is Brüggemann compared with other names?
- In Germany, Brüggemann is the 525th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/br%C3%BCggemannThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Brüggemann” — the 525th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.