# Hermann (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hermann/  
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 borrowed from German Hermann.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,858 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,010 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,855 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.9% (8,288 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German and Jewish surname, from Hermann. Compare Harman, Herman.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hermann 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% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hermann in the United States and Austria.

## People named Hermann

- Peter Hermann, American actor
- Binger Hermann, American politician (1843–1926)
- Maximilian Hermann, Austrian handball player

## Similar surnames

Herman, Harman, Herrmann, Herrman, Horman, Hernandez, Hernandes, Hermanson, Hermansen, Hermans, Hernon, Harmon.

## 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.