Brugman

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈbɹəɡmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Brugman is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From brug (“bridge”) + man (“man”).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 456K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 4.7K
  • UYUruguay1 in 30K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

3,659 people, 2007

Sources
191 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Bruegman in CN China.

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)

From brug (“bridge”) + man (“man”).

Sources 1

Where in the world(measured from records)

Brugman 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.

Where Brugman is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands3,6591 in 4.7K3.7KBrugman53
CN China≈3,600 est.≈1 in 387K—Bruegman2
US United States7291 in 456K769Brugman191
ID Indonesia≈500 est.≈1 in 536K—Brugman29
ZA South Africa≈450 est.≈1 in 126K—Brugman7
UY Uruguay1141 in 30K114Brugman11
NO Norway341 in 161K34—1
IE Ireland≈28 est.≈1 in 187K—Brugman2

3,659 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Brugman is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Brügman

  • Norwegian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands, United States, Norway

    Languages: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish

    Also written Brügman

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Til Brugman, b. 1888Bert Brugman, b. 1896Jan Brugman, b. 1923Gideon Brugman, b. 1942Eddie Brugman, b. 1943Alyssa Brugman, b. 1974Marit Brugman, b. 1990Gastón Brugman, b. 1992Jaycob Brugman, b. 1992Thiago Cardozo, b. 1996

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)

FormalDear Brugman,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Brugman
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20073.7K#269
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020769#32,142
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010729#31,689
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000719#30,614
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—114—
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—34#32,645
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

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 Brugman mean, and where does it come from?
From brug (“bridge”) + man (“man”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Brugman?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbɹəɡmən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Brugman have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 3.7 thousand people named Brugman, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled brugman.
Where is Brugman most common?
Brugman is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.7 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Brugman?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 3,659 people named Brugman in 2007, about 1 in 4.7 thousand residents.

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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, “Brugman”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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