# Germain (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,332 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,816 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 42,109 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (6,380 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A patronymic from a medieval given name, identical with the French one; or from an ethnic term for a German.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Germain 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) | 62% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Germain in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Germain

- George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British Army general (1716-1785)

## Similar surnames

German, Germany, Germann, Germano, Germaine, Gorman, Garman, Geronimo, Garmendia, Garmon, Greenman, Greening.

## 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.