Emmerich
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Emmerich is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Germanic: from earlier Heimerich ‘ruler of the homeland’.
- NLNetherlands1 in 173K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 193K
- FIFinland1 in 223K
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 Emmerich 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.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 73 (measured from records)
- 1 in 173K (inferred from the name graph)
1,727 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Эммерих in RU Russia.
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)
Germanic: from earlier Heimerich ‘ruler of the homeland’.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Emmerich 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 1,727 | 1 in 193K | 1.7K | Emmerich | 9 |
| BR Brazil | 520 | 1 in 407K | 520 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | 100 | 1 in 173K | 100 | — | — |
| RU Russia | ≈98 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Эммерих | 73 |
| PL Poland | 81 | 1 in 473K | 46 | Emmerich | 13 |
| BE Belgium | 51 | 1 in 230K | 51 | — | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | 33 | 1 in 255K | 33 | — | — |
| FI Finland | 25 | 1 in 223K | 25 | — | — |
1,727 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)
Emmerich is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Familienname mit Fugenvokal-Variation; Karte zeigt Emmerich(s) neben Emerich und den Gegensatz zu Emrich. Bearer count: 3106.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, ) Emerich: alter deutscher männl. Vom., Nebenform von Amalrich/
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Swedish, Se Emrik.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In German, zu Heinrich; verkürzte Form
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)
- Anne Catherine Emmerichb. 1774DEGerman Augustinian canoness, mystic, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist (1774-1824)
- Max Emmerichb. 1879USathletics competitor (1879–1956)
- Lothar Emmerichb. 1941DEGerman association football player and manager (1941-2003)
- Klaus Emmerichb. 1943DEGerman film director and screenwriter
- Ute Emmerichb. 1953DEGerman film producer
- Roland Emmerichb. 1955DEGerman filmmaker (born 1955)
- Blixa Bargeldb. 1959DEnot in their usual nameGerman musician
- Petra Emmerich-Kopatschb. 1960DEGerman politician
- Toby Emmerichb. 1963USAmerican film producer
- Noah Emmerichb. 1965USAmerican actor
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 41 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.7K | #16,601 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.7K | #16,488 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.7K | #15,889 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 520 | #16,482 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 100 | #19,092 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 51 | #25,725 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 46 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 46 | #52,960 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 35 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 35 | #62,816 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 33 | #25,467 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 25 | #40,129 |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 are other forms of the name Emmerich?
- In the etymology graph, Emery, Embry and Amalric are forms of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Emmerich mean, and where does it come from?
- Germanic: from earlier Heimerich ‘ruler of the homeland’. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- In which country does Emmerich have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.7 thousand people named Emmerich, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled emmerich.
- Where is Emmerich most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Emmerich is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 173 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Emmerich?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,727 people named Emmerich in 2010, about 1 in 193 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/emmerichThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Emmerich”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.