# Germer (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 599 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,229 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 515,435 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.3% (639 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, from Germer, from an old Germanic name composed of *gaiʀ (“spear”) and *mār (“famous”). * As a Slavic surname, from the personal name Jaromir.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Germer 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) | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Germer in the United States.

## People named Germer

- Lester Germer, American physicist (1896–1971)

## Similar surnames

Grammer, Grimmer, Gerner, Garner, Greiner, Grenier, Griner, Groner, Guarnieri, Greener, Granier, Gruner.

## 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.