How Many People Have the Last Name German?
people had the surname German in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 17,699 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,892 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname German (58.7%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 24.4%, are Hispanic or Latino. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, German ranks #1,623. From 2000 to 2010, the Hispanic or Latino share rose from 18.4% to 24.4%, and the non-Hispanic White share fell from 64.3% to 58.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
German grew from 14,769 people in 2000 to 16,661 in 2010 (up 12.8%), and its rank rose from #2,260 to #2,182.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 14,769 | 16,661 |
| Rank | #2,260 | #2,182 |
| Per 100,000 people | 5.47 | 5.65 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near German
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as German: G655
👤 German as a First Name
German is a first name too: about 9,517 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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