The Brummett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,690 people carried this name — #6,039 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 5,359 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Brummett surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Broomhead’.

His entry covers Broomhead, Brummett, Bromhead and Bromet.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 138 · public domain.

In print

Brummett in American newspapers,
1917.

Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Brummett
The Ogden Standard 1917-12-12
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Brummett
The Ogden Standard 1917-12-11
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Brummett
The Ogden Standard 1917-12-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,965 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brummett in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

54 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brummett. The most, 16, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 5.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 32
New South Wales 10
Queensland 5
Victoria 3
Tasmania 2
Western Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Brummett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Deanna González-Brummett 1952–2014
  • Tyson Brummett 1984–2020 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Brummett,
in the records of 3 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 States254 records

254 records of the Brummett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 180
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 64
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Herschel A. Brummett

    Born 1917 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; farmer. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1951, buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Walter L. Brummett

    Born 1931; from Creek County, Oklahoma. U.S. Army, fire direction and liaison operator; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Hiram B. Brummett

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1883, died 1958; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 254 records for Brummett in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Brummett name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record John Brummett

    Married 1875 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Mary Jane Brummett

    Born 1883 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 2 of 4 records for Brummett in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Brummett name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Thomas Brummett

    Died 1961 in Zeist.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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