Dittmer
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Dittmer is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Variant of Dietmar/Dittmar with e instead of a; plate shows vowel variation a~e.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Variant of Dietmar/Dittmar with e instead of a; plate shows vowel variation a~e. 4085 bearers.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Dittmer is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronym zu ahd./altsächs. māri 'berühmt' mit Erstglied diot/thiod/thiad 'Volk'; Vokalabschwächung im Nebenton. 1860+82 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hermann Carl Dittmerb. 1793DEGerman politician (1793-1865)
- Wilhelm Dittmerb. 1866DEGerman painter (1866–1909)
- Fritz Dittmerb. 1889DEGerman writer (1889-1970)
- Hans Dittmerb. 1893DEGerman theologian (1893-1959)
- Felix Dittmerb. 1904AUAustralian politician
- Harry Dittmerb. 1910SESwedish photographer (1910-2000)
- Jack Dittmerb. 1928USAmerican baseball player
- Matthias Dittmerb. 1954DEGerman actor
- Andreas Dittmerb. 1972DEOlympic gold medalist canoeist
- Anja Dittmerb. 1975DEtriathlete
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 2 | #57,387 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Dittmer come from?
- Variant of Dietmar/Dittmar with e instead of a; plate shows vowel variation a~e. 4085 bearers. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus.
- What does the name Dittmer mean?
- Recorded meaning: Variant of Dietmar/Dittmar with e instead of a; plate shows vowel variation a~e.
- In which country does Dittmer have the most bearers?
- Dittmer is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dittmer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.