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 occurs in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: German, Germàn, Gérman or Gèrman. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Germán? popularity and diffusion
Germán is the 372,504th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 7,567,545 people. Germán occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Germán reside; 48 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 48 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe. It is also the 111,451st most prevalent forename in the world, held by 3,942 people.
The surname is most numerous 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 are found, Békés County, where 16 percent are found and Budapest, where 13 percent are found. Beside Hungary it exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 37 percent are found and Mexico, where 5 percent are found.
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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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