Bröker
surname · Latin script
Meaning: historical toponymic surname from a place/dwelling name; occurrences 1367, 1584
/bʁøkɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bröker is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 36K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 333Kas Broeker
- HNHonduras≈1 in 94K
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 Bröker itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 201 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 named Broeker, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Broker in US United States, NL Netherlands, JM Jamaica and Broeker in CD Congo - Kinshasa, HN Honduras, PH Philippines.
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)
historical toponymic surname from a place/dwelling name; occurrences 1367, 1584.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bröker 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #298 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.5K | — | Broeker | 1 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Bröker | 77 |
| US United States | — | 1,000as Broeker | 1 in 333K | 1.1K | Broker | 201 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 651K | — | Broeker | 2 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 141 | 1 in 123K | 141 | Broker | 10 |
| HN Honduras | — | ≈98 est. | ≈1 in 94K | — | Broeker | 1 |
| JM Jamaica | — | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 207K | — | Broker | 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). 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)
Bröker is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Toponymic surname, from a place name or dwelling/landscape feature.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
In German, Toponymic surname from a brook/stream; bearer count 3331.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
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)
- Johann Brökerb. 1806DEGerman author and theologian
- Wilhelm Brökerb. 1848DEGerman painter (1848-1933)
- Günther Brökerb. 1931PLGerman theologican and archaeologist
- Frank Brökerb. 1969DEGerman writer
- Anja Brökerb. 1973DEGerman television presenter
- Thomas Brökerb. 1985DEGerman football player
- Niklas Brokerb. 1996DEGerman association floorball player
- Silvan Brökerb. 2005NLDutch association football player
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)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 141 | #14,283 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Bröker mean, and where does it come from?
- historical toponymic surname from a place/dwelling name; occurrences 1367, 1584. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- How do you pronounce Bröker?
- A machine transcription gives /bʁøkɐ/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Bröker have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Broeker in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Bröker?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 141 people named Bröker in 2007, about 1 in 123 thousand residents.
- How common is Bröker compared with other names?
- In Congo - Kinshasa, Bröker is the 298th most common surname of 44,726 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/br%C3%B6kerThe 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, “Bröker” — the 298th most common surname in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.