Nordhausen
loc · Latin script
Meaning: from the place name Nordhausen, 'northern houses'
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Nordhausen is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- DEGermany
- PLPoland
- ATAustria
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)
from the place name Nordhausen, 'northern houses'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Nordhausen 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, habitational name from any of several places called Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Lower Saxony, and Baden-Wiirttemberg, or a topographic name for someone who lived at the ‘north houses’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
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)
- Richard Nordhausenb. 1868DEGerman journalist and author (1868-1941)
- Max Nordhausenb. 1876DEGerman botanist (1876-1963)
- Anton Nordhausenb. 1928DEGerman politician (1928-2013)
- Helga Nordhausenb. 1929DEGerman writer (1929-2012)
- Frank Nordhausenb. 1956DEGerman journalist
- Neele Nordhausenb. 2004DEGerman association football player
- Klaus NordhausenATresearcher
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 13 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 234 | #85,854 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 224 | #83,834 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 215 | #81,700 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 55 | #29,243 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 29 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 4 | #72,411 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #202,920 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1 | #78,277 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Nordhausen mean, and where does it come from?
- from the place name Nordhausen, 'northern houses' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- In which country does Nordhausen have the most bearers?
- Nordhausen is most frequently recorded in Germany.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nordhausen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.