Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
BROCKMAN
There are approximately 957 people named Brockman in the UK. That makes it the 7,372nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 15 are named Brockman.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Occupational Name
Related and similar surnames
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The Brockman surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
BROCKMAN. The Kent family occur as Brokeman, in the XIV. cent. It may be sjTionjTnous with Brookman and Brook er ; Init hroch is 0. Eng. both for a draught horse and a badger, and the primitive Brockman may have been either a horseman, as Kennett suggests, or a hunter of badgers. See Eng. Surn. i. 176.