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    German surnames

    1,101 surnames that come from German, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, starting with Wagner, Schmidt, Hoffman. The 500 most common are listed.

    #SurnameUS rankPeople in the US
    1 Wagner 173 155,795
    2 Schmidt 185 147,034
    3 Hoffman 224 131,401
    4 Weber 283 109,433
    5 Schultz 297 104,888
    6 Schneider 312 101,290
    7 Lowe 334 92,260
    8 Leonard 338 91,475
    9 Schwartz 345 90,071
    10 Mann 378 83,510
    11 Zimmerman 379 83,265
    12 Klein 392 81,471
    13 Fischer 455 72,357
    14 Schroeder 489 67,977
    15 Bauer 517 65,004
    16 Mueller 523 64,191
    17 Drake 549 61,162
    18 Hess 564 59,486
    19 Weiss 587 57,112
    20 Hoover 580 57,497
    21 Decker 597 56,576
    22 Yoder 598 56,410
    23 Koch 698 49,395
    24 Berg 712 48,746
    25 Kline 761 45,390
    26 Stein 796 43,389
    27 Frederick 833 41,394
    28 Schaefer 841 41,063
    29 Mayer 880 39,555
    30 Friedman 901 38,374
    31 Huber 933 37,170
    32 Krueger 946 36,743
    33 Brandt 948 36,613
    34 Schmitt 967 36,043
    35 Hester 976 35,642
    36 Braun 1,012 34,491
    37 Krause 1,009 34,722
    38 Werner 1,013 34,488
    39 Kaufman 1,007 34,844
    40 Kaiser 1,039 33,480
    41 Ritter 1,053 33,252
    42 Fritz 1,055 33,224
    43 Katz 1,101 31,780
    44 Lutz 1,092 32,050
    45 Lange 1,132 30,984
    46 Goldberg 1,193 29,603
    47 Moser 1,152 30,483
    48 Goldstein 1,173 29,938
    49 Richter 1,178 29,880
    50 Godfrey 1,230 28,734
    51 Muller 1,293 27,216
    52 Kessler 1,216 29,064
    53 Rosenberg 1,339 26,307
    54 Ervin 1,377 25,698
    55 Ziegler 1,400 25,351
    56 Meier 1,391 25,486
    57 Blue 1,466 24,341
    58 Steiner 1,511 23,735
    59 Schafer 1,452 24,543
    60 Schulz 1,461 24,385
    61 Stover 1,455 24,526
    62 Jung 1,486 24,026
    63 Feldman 1,540 23,356
    64 Otto 1,587 22,558
    65 Kauffman 1,606 22,353
    66 Koenig 1,592 22,499
    67 Diamond 1,670 21,586
    68 Geiger 1,634 22,039
    69 Block 1,658 21,717
    70 Snell 1,623 22,177
    71 Engel 1,644 21,933
    72 Grimm 1,630 22,103
    73 Brantley 1,684 21,395
    74 Siegel 1,674 21,536
    75 Major 1,714 20,977
    76 Voss 1,719 20,911
    77 Maurer 1,729 20,707
    78 Metzger 1,724 20,771
    79 Barnard 1,760 20,366
    80 Messer 1,769 20,306
    81 Roper 1,787 20,065
    82 Rudolph 1,808 19,854
    83 Wilhelm 1,802 19,913
    84 Kraus 1,890 19,028
    85 Bernstein 2,015 17,916
    86 Beyer 1,937 18,641
    87 Ernst 1,969 18,361
    88 Adler 2,223 16,412
    89 Grossman 2,067 17,484
    90 Blum 2,072 17,458
    91 Vogt 2,002 18,061
    92 Neumann 2,067 17,484
    93 Hirsch 2,120 17,072
    94 Cagle 2,039 17,647
    95 Zimmer 2,111 17,146
    96 Eckert 2,093 17,269
    97 Mohr 2,106 17,180
    98 Rosenthal 2,194 16,583
    99 Schwab 2,152 16,870
    100 Hoffmann 2,136 16,966
    101 Baer 2,192 16,587
    102 Kohler 2,177 16,686
    103 Schwarz 2,295 15,884
    104 Baum 2,230 16,334
    105 Hauser 2,279 15,981
    106 Schreiber 2,269 16,034
    107 Goddard 2,335 15,599
    108 Dietrich 2,291 15,904
    109 Wetzel 2,300 15,849
    110 Sauer 2,364 15,430
    111 Kahn 2,473 14,584
    112 Beckman 2,412 15,045
    113 Baumann 2,461 14,644
    114 Lorenz 2,483 14,528
    115 Strauss 2,604 13,840
    116 Heim 2,513 14,414
    117 Rapp 2,562 14,107
    118 Kruger 2,591 13,898
    119 Pfeiffer 2,601 13,851
    120 Heck 2,580 13,995
    121 Fuchs 2,784 12,958
    122 Luther 2,589 13,906
    123 Weinstein 2,659 13,563
    124 Graf 2,710 13,301
    125 Rector 2,661 13,559
    126 Epstein 2,786 12,952
    127 Rinehart 2,688 13,392
    128 Reich 2,796 12,891
    129 Steinberg 2,841 12,709
    130 Schubert 2,856 12,629
    131 Trammell 2,867 12,582
    132 Bollinger 2,891 12,425
    133 Reinhardt 2,973 12,057
    134 Bach 2,986 11,999
    135 Falk 2,991 11,979
    136 Graber 2,937 12,204
    137 Stoll 2,979 12,032
    138 Marx 3,062 11,716
    139 Kolb 3,064 11,705
    140 Helm 3,087 11,649
    141 Baumgartner 3,156 11,448
    142 Sommer 3,080 11,662
    143 Franz 3,153 11,462
    144 Hildebrand 3,072 11,687
    145 Boland 3,092 11,631
    146 Schmid 3,165 11,400
    147 Steffen 3,144 11,494
    148 Hartmann 3,286 11,000
    149 Herzog 3,239 11,146
    150 Fultz 3,187 11,342
    151 Krebs 3,260 11,067
    152 Bayer 3,389 10,544
    153 Boehm 3,340 10,730
    154 Kuntz 3,307 10,848
    155 Zeller 3,370 10,595
    156 Kimmel 3,396 10,528
    157 Lemke 3,406 10,501
    158 Weinberg 3,612 9,825
    159 Seifert 3,408 10,499
    160 Deutsch 3,782 9,361
    161 Weiler 3,515 10,160
    162 Kirchner 3,554 10,044
    163 Schweitzer 3,544 10,068
    164 Cohn 3,758 9,426
    165 Schindler 3,624 9,801
    166 Horowitz 3,674 9,671
    167 Broyles 3,630 9,781
    168 Homan 3,702 9,597
    169 Knoll 3,697 9,608
    170 Swisher 3,754 9,431
    171 Kohl 3,806 9,303
    172 Sturm 3,832 9,242
    173 Horst 3,831 9,245
    174 Schiller 3,884 9,132
    175 Wiese 3,817 9,287
    176 Reinhart 3,833 9,237
    177 Rosenbaum 3,791 9,333
    178 Rauch 3,962 8,972
    179 Freedman 3,985 8,913
    180 Greiner 3,978 8,935
    181 Rau 3,968 8,961
    182 Popp 3,973 8,947
    183 Showalter 4,044 8,786
    184 Hermann 4,010 8,858
    185 Haase 3,989 8,904
    186 Welker 4,138 8,566
    187 Burkhardt 4,080 8,707
    188 Vetter 4,142 8,550
    189 Seidel 4,204 8,430
    190 Herbst 4,208 8,419
    191 Schulze 4,164 8,509
    192 Slagle 4,135 8,573
    193 Sandberg 4,210 8,416
    194 Heinrich 4,141 8,552
    195 Swope 4,211 8,415
    196 Rausch 4,224 8,398
    197 Sherrod 4,207 8,420
    198 Ulmer 4,348 8,165
    199 Heinz 4,276 8,311
    200 Denning 4,402 8,076
    201 Langer 4,724 7,506
    202 Schreiner 4,359 8,152
    203 Heil 4,327 8,205
    204 Gunther 4,501 7,882
    205 Steinmetz 4,426 8,032
    206 Buchholz 4,547 7,790
    207 Krug 4,531 7,827
    208 Sachs 4,866 7,248
    209 Hofer 4,617 7,682
    210 Berlin 4,729 7,503
    211 Reuter 4,644 7,643
    212 Rohrer 4,580 7,750
    213 Eck 4,618 7,681
    214 Schramm 4,705 7,543
    215 Zimmermann 4,942 7,123
    216 Fiedler 4,777 7,403
    217 Lindner 4,765 7,428
    218 Bucher 4,772 7,417
    219 Ries 4,857 7,258
    220 Derr 4,749 7,456
    221 Bernhardt 4,860 7,253
    222 Voigt 4,862 7,251
    223 Walz 4,879 7,220
    224 Crites 4,799 7,363
    225 Luster 4,823 7,316
    226 Merkel 5,022 6,991
    227 Bremer 5,195 6,733
    228 Gottlieb 5,345 6,509
    229 Kuhns 4,979 7,055
    230 Shively 5,018 7,000
    231 Farber 5,077 6,897
    232 Barringer 5,037 6,964
    233 Sipes 4,995 7,034
    234 Anton 5,129 6,823
    235 Gass 5,133 6,818
    236 Weigel 5,187 6,740
    237 Wasserman 5,297 6,577
    238 Silverstein 5,300 6,576
    239 Krauss 5,097 6,865
    240 Bechtel 5,137 6,813
    241 Schumann 5,162 6,777
    242 Rath 5,178 6,747
    243 Darr 5,227 6,677
    244 Heiser 5,277 6,606
    245 Riedel 5,295 6,578
    246 Friedrich 5,563 6,249
    247 Spiegel 5,488 6,338
    248 Kissinger 5,390 6,455
    249 Walther 5,402 6,444
    250 Hartzell 5,361 6,494
    251 Rosenfeld 5,371 6,484
    252 Pfaff 5,498 6,331
    253 Speck 5,521 6,297
    254 Buehler 5,494 6,333
    255 Moritz 5,596 6,216
    256 Kempf 5,465 6,364
    257 Oster 5,554 6,259
    258 Kocher 5,514 6,308
    259 Bumgarner 5,567 6,246
    260 Ehrlich 5,747 6,031
    261 Probst 5,540 6,271
    262 Zahn 5,695 6,086
    263 Klug 5,737 6,041
    264 Hesse 5,697 6,084
    265 Berndt 5,700 6,081
    266 Fender 5,743 6,034
    267 Schick 5,801 5,967
    268 Edelman 6,295 5,428
    269 Geist 5,802 5,966
    270 Blume 5,914 5,826
    271 Rieger 5,783 5,989
    272 Gerdes 5,821 5,940
    273 Loeffler 5,935 5,801
    274 Teeter 5,859 5,892
    275 Kahler 5,865 5,881
    276 Baumgardner 5,869 5,877
    277 Zinn 5,961 5,774
    278 Scheer 6,015 5,719
    279 Benz 6,038 5,691
    280 Schuman 5,964 5,770
    281 Olinger 5,998 5,732
    282 Theisen 6,025 5,707
    283 Rhinehart 6,025 5,707
    284 Reiner 6,522 5,202
    285 Helmer 6,049 5,674
    286 Waldman 6,167 5,549
    287 Pfister 6,283 5,441
    288 Honaker 6,105 5,617
    289 Grau 6,353 5,365
    290 Knecht 6,267 5,452
    291 Rossman 6,220 5,498
    292 Hildebrandt 6,273 5,448
    293 Weiser 6,302 5,421
    294 Stricklin 6,232 5,483
    295 Bloch 6,965 4,817
    296 Schütz 6,410 5,307
    297 Senn 6,273 5,448
    298 Schroder 6,392 5,325
    299 Kreider 6,353 5,365
    300 Raab 6,514 5,208
    301 Haupt 6,389 5,327
    302 Busse 6,370 5,344
    303 Haber 6,458 5,258
    304 Scholz 6,557 5,169
    305 Messner 6,701 5,039
    306 Bergmann 6,761 4,988
    307 Hafner 6,532 5,187
    308 Henkel 6,595 5,135
    309 Leffler 6,542 5,176
    310 Gehring 6,638 5,100
    311 Wiener 6,528 5,191
    312 Heine 6,681 5,054
    313 Staub 6,739 5,004
    314 Jahn 6,917 4,850
    315 Amick 6,718 5,026
    316 Dishman 6,634 5,106
    317 Gott 6,757 4,989
    318 Gerhardt 6,736 5,007
    319 Brauer 6,858 4,906
    320 Gebhardt 6,771 4,981
    321 Radke 6,777 4,976
    322 Brook 7,240 4,607
    323 Loudermilk 6,924 4,845
    324 Rubenstein 6,936 4,833
    325 Dingman 6,781 4,974
    326 Eckman 6,851 4,914
    327 Stroh 7,012 4,777
    328 Eckstein 7,211 4,628
    329 Doering 7,044 4,754
    330 Wittman 7,061 4,739
    331 Rusch 7,113 4,703
    332 Kornegay 7,116 4,702
    333 Trump 8,484 3,886
    334 Weissman 7,215 4,627
    335 Burmeister 7,338 4,543
    336 Firestone 7,434 4,480
    337 Rabe 7,450 4,472
    338 Herren 7,463 4,466
    339 Pfeffer 7,554 4,400
    340 Merz 7,684 4,321
    341 Kroeger 7,552 4,402
    342 Eder 8,562 3,847
    343 Deel 7,437 4,478
    344 Dressler 7,455 4,470
    345 Bieber 7,717 4,301
    346 Strasser 7,891 4,196
    347 Schiff 8,297 3,993
    348 Lindemann 7,502 4,438
    349 Englert 7,525 4,421
    350 Hertz 7,788 4,257
    351 Heuer 7,629 4,350
    352 Fleischer 8,323 3,981
    353 Stites 7,633 4,349
    354 Seltzer 7,856 4,213
    355 Gerken 7,807 4,240
    356 Auer 9,125 3,578
    357 Bumgardner 7,783 4,264
    358 Meissner 8,093 4,097
    359 Adelman 8,006 4,131
    360 Basinger 7,932 4,171
    361 Wirtz 7,942 4,166
    362 Jost 8,076 4,104
    363 Rein 7,882 4,199
    364 Shults 7,975 4,146
    365 Wexler 8,676 3,787
    366 Reiff 8,010 4,130
    367 Gehrke 7,915 4,180
    368 Steiger 8,313 3,986
    369 Zuckerman 8,789 3,731
    370 Haberman 8,178 4,053
    371 Knopp 8,080 4,103
    372 Zuber 8,380 3,950
    373 Trost 8,385 3,948
    374 Stengel 8,534 3,856
    375 Rothstein 8,458 3,904
    376 Hartsell 8,213 4,040
    377 Heid 8,213 4,040
    378 Steinbach 8,312 3,987
    379 Jahnke 8,225 4,035
    380 Weintraub 8,665 3,792
    381 Schaffner 8,415 3,927
    382 Earhart 8,490 3,882
    383 Blumenthal 8,914 3,673
    384 Weise 8,590 3,834
    385 Kircher 8,714 3,765
    386 Jacobi 9,161 3,563
    387 Feist 8,681 3,784
    388 Imhoff 8,780 3,734
    389 Haack 8,594 3,832
    390 Zucker 8,626 3,813
    391 Gulledge 8,631 3,810
    392 Werth 8,728 3,757
    393 Roemer 9,186 3,551
    394 Henn 8,763 3,743
    395 Ober 8,799 3,724
    396 Kammerer 8,946 3,659
    397 Romer 9,407 3,456
    398 Sheffer 8,870 3,692
    399 Rosner 8,878 3,688
    400 Scheller 8,916 3,672
    401 Vogler 8,801 3,721
    402 Zabel 8,808 3,717
    403 Birnbaum 10,030 3,211
    404 Rabinowitz 9,203 3,544
    405 Stanger 8,878 3,688
    406 Rehm 8,993 3,637
    407 Diedrich 8,956 3,655
    408 Pick 9,451 3,442
    409 Enders 9,114 3,584
    410 Beckmann 9,058 3,608
    411 Rosenblatt 9,332 3,490
    412 Liss 9,368 3,472
    413 Waid 9,245 3,521
    414 Tolle 9,155 3,564
    415 Rothschild 10,795 2,954
    416 Meisner 9,415 3,454
    417 Stork 9,415 3,454
    418 Wingert 9,607 3,383
    419 Bozarth 9,224 3,531
    420 Goldfarb 9,347 3,480
    421 Zellner 9,511 3,417
    422 Sickler 9,265 3,514
    423 Kratzer 9,332 3,490
    424 Rubinstein 10,125 3,183
    425 Eisen 9,621 3,377
    426 Standifer 9,464 3,438
    427 Drexler 9,969 3,235
    428 Naugle 9,503 3,420
    429 Dinger 9,524 3,414
    430 Rothenberg 10,352 3,112
    431 Loeb 10,491 3,059
    432 Kummer 9,679 3,354
    433 Starke 9,813 3,299
    434 Dunkle 9,736 3,329
    435 Finkel 10,487 3,060
    436 Posner 10,204 3,157
    437 Reimers 9,698 3,345
    438 Hering 9,701 3,344
    439 Spielman 9,991 3,228
    440 Schnabel 10,365 3,110
    441 Lieb 10,044 3,207
    442 Voight 10,382 3,103
    443 Schweizer 10,287 3,133
    444 Petri 10,339 3,115
    445 Blau 10,758 2,965
    446 Engels 10,026 3,213
    447 Hummer 10,064 3,203
    448 Schantz 9,949 3,245
    449 Esch 10,145 3,179
    450 Friedlander 11,047 2,878
    451 Sickles 10,200 3,158
    452 Kepler 10,204 3,157
    453 Richburg 10,050 3,205
    454 Kensinger 10,122 3,184
    455 Hauer 10,332 3,118
    456 Ottinger 10,352 3,112
    457 Reger 10,391 3,101
    458 Verner 10,396 3,099
    459 Mohn 10,298 3,129
    460 Fulbright 10,499 3,056
    461 Fiscus 10,373 3,106
    462 Schorr 10,505 3,055
    463 Basler 10,552 3,038
    464 Messmer 10,860 2,933
    465 Kober 11,189 2,826
    466 Auerbach 10,751 2,968
    467 Edelstein 10,912 2,917
    468 Amburgey 10,515 3,051
    469 Haring 10,671 2,997
    470 Kloss 10,815 2,945
    471 Krupp 10,692 2,989
    472 Riemer 10,548 3,039
    473 Sechrist 10,565 3,033
    474 Hartzog 10,577 3,031
    475 Kelch 10,613 3,018
    476 Bruckner 11,751 2,666
    477 Jeske 10,620 3,015
    478 Mattes 10,644 3,007
    479 Jantz 10,647 3,005
    480 Zellers 10,697 2,988
    481 Bohrer 10,860 2,933
    482 Hyer 10,882 2,929
    483 Budde 10,942 2,910
    484 Weinstock 10,779 2,959
    485 Turnbow 10,792 2,955
    486 Locker 10,987 2,894
    487 Schober 11,415 2,760
    488 Auman 10,964 2,901
    489 Boll 10,993 2,893
    490 Holtzman 11,142 2,842
    491 Dittman 10,998 2,892
    492 Eisenhauer 11,007 2,890
    493 Feder 11,026 2,884
    494 Schaff 11,035 2,881
    495 Hornung 11,174 2,830
    496 Linde 11,189 2,826
    497 Bohm 12,724 2,426
    498 Weisberg 11,054 2,876
    499 Ehrhardt 11,060 2,874
    500 Drucker 11,928 2,624