Götze
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronymic from short forms of Germ
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɡœtsə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Götze is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 421Kas Goetze
- CHSwitzerland1 in 82K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Götze itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 146 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Goetze in US United States, CH Switzerland and Gotze in DZ Algeria.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Patronymic from short forms of Germ. given names with diminutive/cute suffix -ze; plate shows apocope of final -e. 39,714 bearer tokens.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Götze counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #575 | ≈7,300 est. | ≈1 in 11K | listed | Götze | 115 |
| US United States | — | 791as Goetze | 1 in 421K | 815 | Goetze | 146 |
| BR Brazil | — | 258as Goetze | 1 in 821K | 258 | — | 1 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 188K | — | Gotze | 3 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 103 | 1 in 82K | 103 | Goetze | 13 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈45 est. | ≈1 in 198K | — | Götze | 16 |
| SE Sweden | — | 39 | 1 in 262K | 39 | Götze | 11 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the dfa-band-6 register; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Götze is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, German surname type; variant with final -e. Plate shows Nebentonvokalismus and apokope/antritt von -e. Bearer count: 39,714.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, idol
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Diminutiv-/Koseform zu Vornamen mit Göt-/Got-; Variante mit -ze als morphologische Erweiterung. 12 Typen, 22817 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, patronymischer Familienname aus germ. Rufnamen mit -z-Suffix; die Karte zeigt Apokope und e-Antritt bei -ze/-z.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Patronymische Form mit Suffix -ze; zeigt die Variation ohne/mit Apokope im Muster -z(e). Bearer count: 22,817.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
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)
- Max Götzeb. 1880DEGerman racing cyclist (1880–1944)
- Bruno Götzeb. 1882PLcyclist
- Albert Götzeb. 1887DEGerman politician (1887-1967)
- Bolesław Götzeb. 1888PLPolish translator
- Hans Friedemann Götzeb. 1897DESS officer (1897–1940)
- Paul Götzeb. 1903DESS personnel (1903-1948)
- Wolfgang Götzeb. 1937DEGerman physicist (1937–2021)
- Fabian Götzeb. 1990DEGerman footballer
- Mario Götzeb. 1992DEGerman association football player
- Felix Götzeb. 1998DEGerman footballer
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 103 | #10,798 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 39 | #15,189 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 6 | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- 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
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Götze come from?
- Patronymic from short forms of Germ. given names with diminutive/cute suffix -ze; plate shows apocope of final -e. 39,714 bearer tokens. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus.
- How do you pronounce Götze?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡœtsə/ (IPA) for German.
- What does the name Götze mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronymic from short forms of Germ.
- In which country does Götze have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.3 thousand people named Götze in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled götze.
- How common is the name Götze?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 103 people named Götze in 2024, about 1 in 82 thousand residents.
- How common is Götze compared with other names?
- In Germany, Götze is the 575th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/g%C3%B6tzeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Götze” — the 575th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.