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Brockman Family
The Brockman surname is not common, but seems to have originated within groups of people located in areas now falling within several European countries, and it has spread to many countries around the world. The Northern and Western European name can be a topism combining "wet/water" and "man".
Diverse in its origins, the name originated within populations speaking Low Germanic languages amongst the Germanic tribes who settled in what are now England, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and elsewhere. There appear to have been multiple geographic points of origin for the Brockman name among tribes transmitting similar cultures and sharing common linguistic origins. It is therefore unlikely that all Germanic people carrying the surname share a common ancestor in a genealogical sense.
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