Broekman is a Dutch toponymic surname equivalent to the Dutch surname Van den Broek. In Dutch, a broek is low-lying land regularly flooded by rivers or brooks.Broekman at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with this name include:
Barend Broekman (1898–1970), Dutch film producer David Broekman (1899–1958), Dutch-born American conductor and film score composer Jan Broekman (born 1931), Dutch-born philosopher, legal scientist, and social scientist Kees Broekman (1927–1992), Dutch speed skater (born 1986), Dutch film and TV actor Marcel Broekman (1922–2013), Dutch-born American filmmaker, cinematographer and palmist
See also Broekmans & Van Poppel, Dutch sheet music publisher Brookman, surname Brockman (disambiguation), surname
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