Altermann
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/altʰɐman/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Altermann is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- EEEstonia≈1 in 44K(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 139K
- ATAustria≈1 in 415K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 61 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 44K (inferred from the name graph)
≈580 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Altermann counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 139K | — | Altermann | 61 |
| BR Brazil | 243 | 1 in 871K | 243 | — | — |
| US United States | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 12M | — | Altermann | 38 |
| EE Estonia | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 44K | 6 | Altermann | 3 |
| AT Austria | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 415K | — | Altermann | 10 |
| CH Switzerland | 7 | 1 in 1.2M | 7 | Altermann | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Chaim Altermannb. 1872CZHolocaust victim (born 1872)
- Theodor Altermannb. 1885EEEstonian actor and theatrical director (1885-1915)
- Hanns Altermannb. 1891DEGerman journalist (1891–1963)
- Jean-Pierre Altermannb. 1892FRFrench Catholic priest
- Milly Altermannb. 1893EEEstonian actress (1893-1962)
- Ülo Altermannb. 1923EEEstonian soldier and partisan (1923-1954)
- Abraham AltermannDEGerman artist
- Wladyslaw AltermannDEresearcher
- Eric AltermannNZresearcher, New Zealand
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)9 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 243 | #31,348 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 39 | #2,622 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 36 | #2,872 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 7 | #79,838 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- How do you pronounce Altermann?
- A machine transcription gives /altʰɐman/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Altermann have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 576 people named Altermann in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled altermann.
- How common is the name Altermann?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 243 people named Altermann, about 1 in 871 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/altermannThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Altermann”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.