Germán Surname
Approximately 963 people bear this surname
Germán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 462 | 1:21,247 | 2,392 |
| Dominican Republic | 354 | 1:29,472 | 1,755 |
| Mexico | 48 | 1:2,585,963 | 21,318 |
| Spain | 41 | 1:1,140,294 | 40,056 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1:428,970 | 23,885 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
The alternate forms: German (87,371), Germàn (9), Gérman (13) & Gèrman (3) are calculated separately.
Germán (3,942) may also be a first name.
Germán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Germán Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Germán is found in Hungary more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: German, Germàn, Gérman or Gèrman. For other potential spellings of Germán click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Germán? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 372,504th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 7,567,545 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Germán live; 48 percent live in Eastern Europe and 48 percent live in Hungaro-Europe. Germán is also the 111,451st most common first name at a global level, borne by 3,942 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Hungary, where it is carried by 462 people, or 1 in 21,247. In Hungary Germán is mostly concentrated in: Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, where 16 percent reside, Békés County, where 16 percent reside and Budapest, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Hungary this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 37 percent reside and Mexico, where 5 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Germán
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