Bronkhorst
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/bɹɒŋkhɔɹst/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bronkhorst is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in South Africa. Recorded meaning: * (Gelderland) First attested as brunchorst in 1128-1139. Compound of brunk (an ablauted form of brink (“edge, village common”)) and horst (“overgrown hillock”).
- ZASouth Africa
- NLNetherlands
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)* (Gelderland) First attested as brunchorst in 1128-1139. Compound of brunk (an ablauted form of brink (“edge, village common”)) and horst (“overgrown hillock”). Despite having only 90 inhabitants, Bronkhorst received city rights in 1482 and is therefore classed as a city. * (Noord-Brabant) Attested as weilanden genaamd Bronkhorst in 1848. Potentially derived from Bronkhorst (“a surname”). The surname derives from one of the toponyms.
Cited for this meaning 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Johannes Bronkhorstb. 1494NLDutch mathematician (1494-1570)
- Willem Bronkhorstb. 1888NLDutch university teacher (1888–1960)
- Wollie Bronkhorstb. 1901ZASouth African architect (1901-1970)
- Alexander Johannes Bronkhorstb. 1914NLDutch university teacher
- Cornelis Bronkhorstb. 1924NLDutch judge (1924-1997)
- Johannes Bronkhorstb. 1946NLDutch Orientalist and Indologist (born 1946)
- Peter Bronkhorstb. 1946NLDutch activist (1946–2007)
- Daan Bronkhorstb. 1953NLScopenote: Extracted: medewerker;international;amnesty;publicist
- Hans Bronkhorstb. 1967NLDutch journalist
- Ilias Bronkhorstb. 1997NLassociation football player (1997-)
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)13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 2.3K | #516 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 279 | #70,208 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 266 | #68,973 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 254 | #80,550 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 18 | #51,392 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 17 | #91,572 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #251,031 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
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 Bronkhorst mean, and where does it come from?
- * (Gelderland) First attested as brunchorst in 1128-1139. Compound of brunk (an ablauted form of brink (“edge, village common”)) and horst (“overgrown hillock”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Bronkhorst?
- A machine transcription gives /bɹɒŋkhɔɹst/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Bronkhorst have the most bearers?
- Bronkhorst is most frequently recorded in South Africa.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bronkhorst”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.