Show ContentsBrehmer History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The roots of the Brehmer surname are linked to a set of 4,000 year old Irish law, known as the Brehon Law. There were no judges or lawyers, but the arbitrators whose responsibility it was to settle disagreements based on these laws were known as Brehons.

Early Origins of the Brehmer family

The surname Brehmer was first found in Kilkenny (Irish: Cill Chainnigh), the former Kingdom of Osraige (Ossory), located in Southeastern Ireland in the province of Leinster, where they held a family seat as judges and scholars. Irish history was greatly influenced by the Norman invasion of 1172, and thereafter, the surnames of Irish Gaelic clanns and septs and many of the Norman families became almost indistinguishable. This ancient Irish family name was found later in Sligo represented another early reference to the name.

Early History of the Brehmer family

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Brehmer Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Brehon, Brehane, Brehany, Brehaney, Breheny, Brehony, MacBreheny and many more.

Early Notables of the Brehmer family

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Brehmer Ranking

In the United States, the name Brehmer is the 14,679th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]


United States Brehmer migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Brehmer Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Christian Brehmer, aged 54, who arrived in America in 1845 [2]
  • Mr. F. W. Brehmer, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Franziska"
  • Mr. G. Brehmer, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Franziska"
  • Child Brehmer, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Franziska"
  • Mr. Joh. G. Brehmer, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Franziska"

Contemporary Notables of the name Brehmer (post 1700) +

  • Lin Brehmer (1954-2023), American disc jockey and radio personality at WXRT in Chicago


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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