Kammerer Surname

28,788th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,651 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Kammerer Surname Definition:

(German) A superintendent or overseer.

Kammerer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9,7771:8,2341,016
United States4,6281:78,3198,946
Austria1,5861:5,369619
France9231:71,96410,061
Italy5561:109,99418,388
Switzerland1881:43,6866,046
Colombia1501:318,4945,886
Canada1451:254,10824,080
Hungary1331:73,8077,504
Argentina1001:427,43432,472
Russia731:1,974,288123,658
Australia661:409,02632,879
Brazil521:4,116,814111,429
Thailand491:1,441,599197,614
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Venezuela201:1,510,20420,059
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Czechia151:708,89864,682
England131:4,286,005132,302
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Paraguay91:804,0838,568
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Panama41:978,06412,245
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malta11:430,2723,380
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4831:103,97210,487

The alternate forms: Kämmerer (4,272) are calculated separately.

Kammerer (15) may also be a first name.

Kammerer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) A superintendent or overseer.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Kammerer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kammerer Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kammerer (Russian: Каммерер) occurs most in Germany. It may also occur as a variant: Kämmerer. For other possible spellings of Kammerer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kammerer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 28,788th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 390,732 people. Kammerer is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of Kammerer live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name at a global level It is held by 15 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 9,777 people, or 1 in 8,234. In Germany it is most numerous in: Baden-Württemberg, where 52 percent reside, Bavaria, where 30 percent reside and Hesse, where 4 percent reside. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 58 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Austria, where 9 percent reside.

Kammerer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kammerer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 958 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 433 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kammerer Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Kammerer last name is primarily Orthodox (44%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Kammerer surname are 21.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.9% registered with the political party.

The amount Kammerer earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 9.65% more than the national average, earning $24,893,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.27% more than the national average, earning $47,582 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.68% less than the national average, earning $46,859 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kammerer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kammerer in the Russian language
Каммерерkammerer-

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