Germann
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: (i) from the male personal name Germain; (ii) person from Germany, or someone with commercial or other dealings with Germany
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɡɝmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Germann is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 127K(measured from records)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 168K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 3K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 255 (measured from records)
- 1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈47,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
(i) from the male personal name Germain; (ii) person from Germany, or someone with commercial or other dealings with Germany.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
How Germann is read(measured from records)
Germann is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English58%
(i) from the male personal name Germain; (ii) person from Germany, or someone with commercial or other dealings with Germany.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
- German21%
patronymischer Familienname zu einem Rufnamen mit ahd./altsächs. wini „Freund“; 1481 Träger
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Patronymischer Familienname zu dem Rufnamen Germann/Ger-man(n). Belegte Trägerzahl: 187.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Patronymischer Familienname aus dem Rufnamen Germann/Germanus.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
alter deutscher männl. Vom. (ahd. gër »Speer« + ahd. man »Mann«).
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Portuguese5.5%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Germann in Portuguese.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Germann 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Germann | 3 |
| CH Switzerland | 2,813 | 1 in 3K | 2.8K | Germann | 37 |
| US United States | 2,612 | 1 in 127K | 2.6K | Germann | 255 |
| BR Brazil | 664 | 1 in 319K | 664 | — | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 168K | — | Germann | 38 |
| CA Canada | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 111K | — | Germann | 50 |
| SG Singapore | ≈87 est. | ≈1 in 71K | — | Germann | 1 |
| DK Denmark | 56 | 1 in 105K | 56 | Germann | 29 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)
- Gottfried Albert Germannb. 1773LVBaltic German botanist (1773-1809)
- Adolf Germannb. 1857CHSwiss politician (1857-1924)
- Theodor Germannb. 1879LVEstonian-Latvian chess player (1879–1935)
- Markus Germannb. 1942CHfigure skater
- Monika Germannb. 1954CHSwiss cross-country skier
- Hannes Germannb. 1956CHSwiss politician
- Greg Germannb. 1958USAmerican actor
- Nadine Germannb. 1980DEGerman actress
- Pierre Germannb. 1985FRfootballer
- Asa Germannb. 1997USAmerican actor
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)
Attested in 28 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 2.8K | #286 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.6K | #11,965 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.4K | #12,175 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.4K | #12,127 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 664 | #13,185 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 56 | #9,614 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Germann mean, and where does it come from?
- (i) from the male personal name Germain; (ii) person from Germany, or someone with commercial or other dealings with Germany. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Germann?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɝmən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Germann have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 47 thousand people named Germann in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled germann.
- Where is Germann most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Germann is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 3.0 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Germann?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 2,813 people named Germann in 2024, about 1 in 3.0 thousand residents.
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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, “Germann”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.