Bärmann

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Patronymischer Familienname zu Kurz- oder Vollformen mit Zweitglied ahd./altsächs

/bɛɐman/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bärmann is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 113K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.2M
  • GHGhana≈1 in 208K

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 Bärmann 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)

≈710 people, est.

Sources
130 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 113K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Barmann in US United States, BB Barbados, GT Guatemala and 1 more and Baermann in AT Austria.

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)

recorded in German

Patronymischer Familienname zu Kurz- oder Vollformen mit Zweitglied ahd./altsächs. man „Mann“; 452 Träger. Varianten zu Baermann; auch möglich: Bezug zu mhd. ber „Bär“/„Eber“.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bärmann 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.

Where Bärmann is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈710 est.≈1 in 113KlistedBärmann56
US United States—2811 in 1.2M288Barmann130
GH Ghana—≈140 est.≈1 in 208K—Barmann1
FR France—≈85 est.≈1 in 799K6——
GT Guatemala—≈40 est.≈1 in 434K—Barmann1
AT Austria—≈15 est.≈1 in 593K—Baermann6
EE Estonia—≈2 est.≈1 in 701Klisted—1
BB Barbados#209———Barmann2

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 2020; the dfa-band-6 register; 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bärmann is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Bårmann, Barmann

  • Danish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Norway

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Barmann, Bårmann

  • Estonian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Barmann

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Barmann

  • a separate surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

    Also written Barmann

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Bärmann 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, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Bernhard; Bärmann ist eine Schreibvariante. 452 Träger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

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)

1700180019002000Christian Bärmann, b. 1781Georg Nikolaus Bärmann, b. 1785Maria Bärmann, b. 1786Ester Guttmann, b. 1873Abraham Bärmann, b. 1874Johannes Bärmann, b. 1905Christian Bärmann, b. 2000

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)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Bärmann, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Bärmann
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 6———

Reference works 1

  • 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

How do you pronounce Bärmann?
A machine transcription gives /bɛɐman/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Bärmann mean?
Recorded meaning: Patronymischer Familienname zu Kurz- oder Vollformen mit Zweitglied ahd./altsächs.
In which country does Bärmann have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 711 people named Bärmann in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bärmann.
How common is the name Bärmann?
In the United States, the national register counted 281 people named Bärmann in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
How common is Bärmann compared with other names?
In Barbados, Bärmann is the 209th most common surname of 11,500 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, “Bärmann” — the 209th most common surname in Barbados. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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