Cremer
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Berufsname zu mhd. krâmære/kræmer, mnd
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 14 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
Cremer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 8.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- BEBelgium1 in 15K
- NLNetherlands1 in 27K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 231 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,500 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Berufsname zu mhd. krâmære/kræmer, mnd. kramer/kremer ‘(Klein-)Händler’; C/K-Varianz im Anlaut, C überwiegt; 3446+423 Belege; Typ Cremer 3869.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Cremer is read
(measured from records)Cremer is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English42%
Sir William R., English pacifist
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
- German35%
Berufsname zu mhd. krâmære/kræmer, mnd. kramer/kremer ‘(Klein-)Händler’; C/K-Varianz im Anlaut, C überwiegt; 3446+423 Belege; Typ Cremer 3869.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
zu Krämer/Kramer 'Händler, Kleinhändler'; C/K-Variation. Bearer count: 3869.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
- French8.8%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Cremer in French.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Cremer 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 | #829 | ≈9,500 est. | ≈1 in 8.8K | — | Cremer | 151 |
| US United States | — | 1,239 | 1 in 268K | 1.5K | Cremer | 231 |
| BR Brazil | — | 982 | 1 in 216K | 982 | — | 2 |
| BE Belgium | — | 764 | 1 in 15K | 764 | Cremer | 36 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈760 est. | ≈1 in 85K | — | Cremer | 31 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 650 | 1 in 27K | 650 | Cremer | 38 |
| FR France | — | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 115K | 55 | — | 3 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)Cremer is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cremō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Danish, indefinite plural of creme
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)- Jacobus Johannes Cremerb. 1827NLDutch writer, elocutionist and painter, owner/creator of the album amicorum of Jacobus Johannes Cremer (1827–1880)
- William Randal Cremerb. 1828GBEnglish politician (1828–1908)
- Hermann Cremerb. 1834DEGerman theologian (1834-1903)
- Erika Cremerb. 1900DEGerman chemist (1900-1996)
- Fritz Cremerb. 1906DEGerman sculptor (1906–1993)
- Peter-Erich Cremerb. 1911DEGerman navy officer and world war II U-boat commander (1911-1992)
- Friedrich Cremerb. 1920DEGerman politician (1920-2010)
- Bruno Cremerb. 1929FRFrench actor (1929-2010)
- Christoph Cremerb. 1944DEGerman scientist
- Esther Cremerb. 1988DEGerman athlete
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)24 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.5K | #17,548 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.4K | #19,426 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #21,184 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 982 | #9,410 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 764 | #1,836 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 762 | #1,853 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 650 | #2,847 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 77 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 73 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 67 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 66 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 61 | — |
Reference works 4
- 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)
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
- What does the name Cremer mean?
- Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu mhd. krâmære/kræmer, mnd.
- In which country does Cremer have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.5 thousand people named Cremer in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cremer.
- How common is the name Cremer?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,239 people named Cremer in 2010, about 1 in 268 thousand residents.
- How common is Cremer compared with other names?
- In Germany, Cremer is the 829th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Cremer” — the 829th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.