The Brinker surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,736 people carried this name — #5,992 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,500 people counted. That is up 10% from 5,227 in 2000.

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In print

Brinker in American newspapers,
1901–1922.

Newspaper page from Los Angeles Herald carrying the name Brinker
Los Angeles Herald 1906-06-03
Newspaper page from The Miller Press carrying the name Brinker
The Miller Press 1922-09-07
Newspaper page from The Cook County Herald carrying the name Brinker
The Cook County Herald 1901-06-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 270,601 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brinker in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

117 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brinker. The most, 34, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 30
New South Wales 29
Queensland 23
South Australia 15
Western Australia 12
ACT (Canberra) 2
Tasmania 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brinker.

Who carried it

People named Brinker,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bill Brinker
    Bill Brinker 1883–1965 · baseball player
  • Engelbert Brinker 1883–1944 · politician
  • Dov Natan Brinḳer 1893–1951 · writer
  • Howard R. Brinker 1893–1965
  • Robert R. Brinker 1905–1970 · botanist
  • Wade O. Brinker 1912–2008 · veterinarian

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Brinker,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States574 records

574 records of the Brinker name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 214
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 191
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 82
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 15
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Albert J. Brinker

    Born 1913 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1942 at Milwaukee; farmer from Winnebago County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Wisconsin.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wilhelmine Brinker

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the President Smidt from Bremen, aged 18; farmer. From Radsick, Germany; bound for Chicago.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Kenneth Ray Brinker

    Born 1948; from Bartonville, Illinois. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 574 records for Brinker in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands589 records

589 records of the Brinker name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 349
  • Dutch population registers 233
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 7
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joannes Jacobus Brinker

    Married in 1874 in Amsterdam; porter. Died 1908 in Beegden, aged 70.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Brinker

    Married in 1922 in Hardenberg; housekeeper. Died 1958 in Zwolle, aged 68.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Johannes Hermannes Brinker

    Born 1904 in Emmen. Died 1968 in Emmen, aged 64; farmer.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 589 records for Brinker in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany236 records

236 records of the Brinker name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wilhelm Brinker

    Born 1890; from Soest. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 29 September 1916; then reported dead in the list of 4 January 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Brinker

    Born 1885; from Valdorf, Herford. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 4 January 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wilhelm Brinker

    From Hagen i. Westf. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 27 December 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 236 records for Brinker in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Brinker name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Willard Franklin Brinker

    Buried in 1997 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 80.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sophia Brinker

    Died 1891 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jessie Brinker

    Died 1896 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Brinker name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Friedrich A. Brinker

    Miner of Talbot, Victoria; died 1930.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elizabeth M. Brinker

    Of Talbot, Victoria; died 1932.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Brinker in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Brinker name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Aude Pierrette Josiane Brinker

    Born 1974 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines); died 2000 in Servon (Seine-et-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Brinker in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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