How common is the surname Germaine?

1,324 people in the United States had the surname Germaine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,191 Americans. It ranked 20,157th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Germaine?

Germaine is /d͡ʒə(ɹ)ˈmeɪn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Germaine getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,324 in 2010, down 1.6%.

Is Germaine also a first name?

Yes. Germaine is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Germaine

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,324 people in the United States.

Pronounced /d͡ʒə(ɹ)ˈmeɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex G655 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Germaine is more common than 87.6% of them.

Origin

A surname transferred from the given name, a variant of Germain.

Germaine is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,324 people named Germaine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,191 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,346.

#20,157

rank among US surnames

1,324

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,811)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,149	Cruze	1,325	233,016
#20,157	Germaine	1,324	233,191
#20,165	Meckley	1,323	233,368

Who is named Germaine

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named Germaine identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Germaine

Germaine has the Soundex code G655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G655.

Questions

How common is the surname Germaine?: 1,324 people in the United States had the surname Germaine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,191 Americans. It ranked 20,157th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Germaine?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Germaine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Germaine?: Germaine is /d͡ʒə(ɹ)ˈmeɪn/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Germaine?: Germaine is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Germaine getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,324 in 2010, down 1.6%.
Is Germaine also a first name?: Yes. Germaine is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.