Bruinsma
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 14 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/bɹuˈɪnsmə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bruinsma is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from West Frisian Bruinsma.
- NLNetherlands
- USUnited States
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Borrowed from West Frisian Bruinsma.
Cited for this meaning 1
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)Bruinsma is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A surname from West Frisian.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)- Auke Bruinsmab. 1749NLDutch architect
- Klaas Bruinsmab. 1931NLDutch translator (1931–2018)
- Klaas Bruinsmab. 1953NLDutch drug lord (1953–1991)
- Max Bruinsmab. 1962NLDutch design critic (born 1962)
- Evan Bruinsmab. 1992USAmerican basketball player (born 1992)
- Liesette Bruinsmab. 2000NLDutch Paralympic swimmer
- Rients BruinsmaNLDutch Righteous Among the Nations
- Lim BruinsmaNLDutch Righteous Among the Nations
- Jo BruinsmaNLDutch Righteous Among the Nations
- Tjitske BruinsmaNLDutch Righteous Among the Nations
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)22 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 14 countries.
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 Bruinsma mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from West Frisian Bruinsma. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Bruinsma?
- A machine transcription gives /bɹuˈɪnsmə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Bruinsma have the most bearers?
- Bruinsma is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bruinsma”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.