Brummett
Likely a variant spelling of a local surname such as Broomhead or another place-name form, later stabilized as Brummett.
The #6,039 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 54,261 Americans shares it.
Etymology
The evidence points to Brummett as a spelling variant or softened form of an older local surname rather than a surname with an independent meaning of its own. Bardsley specifically treats Brummett as a natural corruption in the same family as Broomhead, a Yorkshire name meaning the “head” or upper end of a broom-covered ridge or slope. The surname may also have been influenced by other local names beginning with Brom- or Broom-, so the exact source can vary by family line.
History
The name appears in 19th-century surname indexes as an established but comparatively uncommon form, especially in the United States. In English records, similar spellings often arose through dialect pronunciation, clerical simplification, or gradual reshaping of a place-name surname over time. Modern bearers in America may descend from one or more British lines with slightly different original spellings.
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Fun fact
Bardsley’s note treats Brummett as the kind of surname that can emerge when a longer place-name form is worn down by everyday speech and spelling habits.
From the historical record
“in the West Riding, and has come down through some junior or in- dependent Hock. Brummett and Bromet are veiy natural corrup- tbns; cf. Birkelt for Birkhead, q.v., or Beckett for Beckhead, q.v, Broomhead means the topmost reach or ' head of the broom,' from”
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with special American instances