Where Does The Last Name German Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

German (Arabic: الماني, Georgian: გერმან, Marathi: गेमर्न, Oriya: ଜମର୍ାନ, Russian: Герман) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Germán, Gérman, Germàn or Gèrman. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name German? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 6,464^th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 83,409 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of German reside; 36 percent reside in North America and 23 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,438^th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 678,776 people.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 18,662 people, or 1 in 19,422. In The United States German is primarily found in: California, where 11 percent are found, New York, where 9 percent are found and Texas, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States it occurs in 127 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 17 percent are found and Mexico, where 13 percent are found.

German Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of German has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the German surname rose 555 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 133 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 145 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 82 percent between 1901 and 2014.

German Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (59%) in Ireland, Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (89%) in Belarus, Orthodox (69%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (73%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the German surname are 12.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.64% registered with the party.

The amount German earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 46.43% more than the national average, earning 506,757 kr per year; in Peru they earn 4.52% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,261 per year; in South Africa they earn 24.31% more than the national average, earning R 295,416 per year; in Colombia they earn 18.29% less than the national average, earning $18,549,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.78% less than the national average, earning $41,087 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.03% more than the national average, earning $53,675 CAD per year.