Forchheimer
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Forchheim is a town in Bavaria
Forchheimer is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- BMBermuda
- SESweden
- DEGermany
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)
Forchheim is a town in Bavaria. Shortened as Former. Exis- ting in the area of Breisach, Upper Rhine, Baden.
Sources 1
- The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Forchheimer 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.
tation name from an unidentified place called Forchheim or Vorchheim.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
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)
- Eduard Forchheimerb. 1820ATnumismatist
- Otto Forchheimerb. 1840CZCzech member of Czech council and entrepreneur
- Philipp Forchheimerb. 1852ATAustrian engineer (1852–1933)
- Frederick Forchheimerb. 1853USAmerican pediatrician (1853-1913)
- Herz Forchheimerb. 1865CZHolocaust victim (born 1865)
- Sara Forchheimerb. 1875CZHolocaust victim (born 1875)
- Louis Forchheimerb. 1876CZHolocaust victim (born 1876)
- Else Dormitzerb. 1877DEnot in their usual nameGerman writer (1877-1958)
- Lina Forchheimerb. 1882DEHolocaust victim (born 1882)
- Paula Forchheimerb. 1884CZholocaust victim, b. 1884-02-11
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 5 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- Where does the name Forchheimer come from?
- Forchheim is a town in Bavaria. Shortened as Former. Exis- ting in the area of Breisach, Upper Rhine, Baden. Recorded by The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History.
- What does the name Forchheimer mean?
- Recorded meaning: Forchheim is a town in Bavaria.
- In which country does Forchheimer have the most bearers?
- Forchheimer is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Forchheimer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.