Borgman or Borgmann is a surname of German, Dutch, English of origin coming from the same family tree. It used the be the name given for landlords who worked for king's, royal aristocracy in the middle-ages. Who had to collect payments, therefore the Dutch name 'borg' to take toll/to take money. And 'man' the person who takes it. In this case the landlord. The name comes from the medieval place Duchy of Saxony that was a late Early Middle Ages Carolingian stem duchy covering the greater part of Northern Germany and Netherlands. It is also a part of the Anglo surnames. These names are common in the Netherlands, Germany and England. The background of these surnames are mostly explained in Dutch, German historical books. But not mostly explained clear in international historical books. An extraction of the name 'Borg' is also often found in Sweden and Denmark.
Some of the people by the name are:
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