# Germaine (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/germaine/  
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, a variant of Germain.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,324 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,157 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 233,191 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.6% (1,346 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒə(ɹ)ˈmeɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Germaine 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

German, Germain, Germany, Germann, Germano, Gorman, Geronimo, Garman, Garmon, Greenman, Greening, Grennan.

## 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.