# Ammann (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ammann/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,853 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,734 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 166,619 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (1,656 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

South German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Amtmann (“bailiff, official”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ammann in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ammann in Spain.

## People named Ammann

- Alberto Ammann, Argentine actor

## Similar surnames

Aman, Auman, Amann, Ammon, Amin, Amon, Amen, Amini, Annan, Anyanwu, Ameen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.