How common is the last name German?

15,717 people in the United States have the last name German, about 1 in 19,018. It ranks #2,250 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GERMAN

#2,250

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
15,717
About
1 in 19,018
This common or more
49.2%
Who bears it

Of the 15,717 people with the last name German, 55.3% reported their origin as White, 26.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 13.4% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of German

#2,248 Naranjo · 15,723#2,249 Corral · 15,721#2,251 Baer · 15,713#2,252 Dowling · 15,710

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of German, most common first.

#4,493 Germain · 7,665#8,526 Germany · 3,705#12,175 Germann · 2,442#13,001 Germano · 2,259#47,612 Germani · 480#48,441 Gehrman · 471#78,395 Germana · 263#117,879 Germon · 156

Also a first name

As a first name, German ranks #1,399 of 53,615, with 24,881 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1991, with 304 births. See German as a first name

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