When dealing with genealogy, a central component is, of course, the surname of the families. It is therefore also interesting how often a surname has spread in Germany (or another country).
Here is an overview of the 100 most common names in Germany.
The dominant position of the job titles is striking. Especially the professions, which were widespread at the time of name formation in the Middle Ages, are found in the first places. The profession of farmer was so widespread that it was unsuitable for distinguishing different persons in rural areas.
It is therefore only 13th. The farmers usually wore residential names, which described the location of the farm in more detail.
LIST OF THE 100 MOST COMMON SURNAMES IN GERMANY
- Müller, professional title
- Schmidt, job title (all homophonic writing variants together would be number 1)
- Schneider, professional title
- Fischer, professional title
- Weber, professional title
- Meyer, job title (all homophonic writing variants together would give you place 2)
- Wagner, professional title
- Becker, job title, residence name
- Schulz, professional title
- Hoffmann, professional title
- Schäfer, professional title (Shepherd)
- Koch, professional title
- Bauer, Professional title
- Richter, professional title (Judge)
- Klein, attribute (“The Little One”)
- Wolf, origin of the name unclear
- Schroeder (Schneider), professional title
- Neumann, attribute (“The New”)
- Black, attribute (“The Black-haired”)
- Zimmermann, professional title
- Brown, attribute (“The Brown-haired”)
- Krüger, professional title
- Hofmann, professional title
- Hartmann, first name
- Lange, attribute (“The Great”)
- Schmitt, professional title
- Werner, first name
- Schmitz, professional title
- Krause, attribute
- Meier, professional title
- Lehmann, professional title/Status
- Schmid, professional title
- Schulze, professional title
- Maier, professional title
- Köhler, professional title
- Herrmann, first name
- König, Surname, House Name (King)
- Walter, first name
- Mayer, professional title
- Huber, professional title
- Kaiser, Surname, House Name
- Fuchs, Surname (Fox)
- Peters, first name
- Long, attribute
- Scholz, professional title
- Möller, professional title
- White, attribute
- Young, Property
- Hahn, Topname
- Schubert, professional title (shoemaker)
- Vogel, Surname; House name
- Friedrich, first name
- Keller, professional title
- Günther, first name
- Frank, origin (from Franconia)
- Berger, Residence Name
- Winkler, professional title
- Roth, Surname, Residence Name
- Beck, Residence Name
- Lorenz, first name
- Baumann, professional title (Farmer)
- Franke, origin (from Franconia)
- Albrecht, first name
- Schuster, Professional title
- Simon, first name
- Ludwig, first name
- Böhm, origin (from Bohemia)
- Winter, Surname
- Kraus, attribute
- Martin, first name
- Schumacher, professional title
- Krämer, professional title (small dealer)
- Vogt, professional title (advocatus, administrator)
- Stone, Residence Name
- Jäger, Professional title (Hunter)
- Otto, first name
- Summer, social relationship to the season
- Groß, attribute
- Seidel, first name (‘Sieg-‘ like Siegfried, Sieghart, Seywald)
- Heinrich, first name
- Brandt, personal name (Hildebrand, Gerbrand, Wolbrand etc.)
- Haas, house name, surname for the hunter
- Schreiber, professional title
- Graf, professional title (supervisor), surname
- Schulte, professional title (Schultheiß)
- Dietrich, first name
- Ziegler, professional name (brick burner)
- Kuhn
- Kühn, Property
- Pohl, origin of Poland; Relationship with Poland
- Engel, First Name, House Name (Angel)
- Horn, name of residence, designation of origin
- Busch, Residence Name
- Bergmann, name of residence (living on the mountain), professional title (Miner)
- Thomas, first name
- Voigt, professional title (advocatus, administrator)
- Sauer, attribute (evil, grim) (Sour)
- Arnold, first name
- Wolff, Topname
- Pfeiffer, professional title (Spielmann)
The name Schindler ranks 153rd
The name Thomma ranks 34,424th
Documentcode: F04A00101 * Source: Wikipedia / Ancestry.de