Glücksmann

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Nachname aus persönlicher Eigenschaft: Bildung mit ‚-mann‘ zu ‚Glück‘; 29+23 Träger

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

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

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 1.3M(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 1.9M
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 2.1M

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 Glücksmann 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)

≈43 people, est.

Sources
36 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.3M (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Glucksmann in US United States and Gluecksmann in CA Canada.

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

Nachname aus persönlicher Eigenschaft: Bildung mit ‚-mann‘ zu ‚Glück‘; 29+23 Träger.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Glücksmann 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 Glücksmann is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈43 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Glücksmann17
AR Argentina191 in 2.4M19—1
US United States≈10 est.≈1 in 32MlistedGlucksmann36
CZ Czechia81 in 1.3M8——
CH Switzerland41 in 2.1M4Glücksmann3
CA Canada≈3 est.≈1 in 11M—Gluecksmann7

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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); MVČR — living population register 2017; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Glücksmann is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Glucksmann, Glűcksmann

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Glucksmann

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Glucksmann

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Glucksmann

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)

Glücksmann 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, from 'luck' and Mann 'man'

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

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)

1860187018801890Gertrude Glücksmann, b. 1861Aurelie Glücksmann, b. 1865Margarethe Glücksmann, b. 1867Else Bellak, b. 1870Max Glücksmann, b. 1875Robert Glücksmann, b. 1877Elsbeth Else Brass, b. 1878Luise Glücksmann, b. 1880Siegmund Glücksmann, b. 1884Laura Glücksmann, b. 1885

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 Glücksmann, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Glücksmann
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—10—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—8#90,630
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20244#118,617

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)

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 Glücksmann?
A machine transcription gives /ɡlʏksman/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Glücksmann mean?
Recorded meaning: Nachname aus persönlicher Eigenschaft: Bildung mit ‚-mann‘ zu ‚Glück‘; 29+23 Träger.
In which country does Glücksmann have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 43 people named Glücksmann in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled glücksmann.
Where is Glücksmann most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Glücksmann is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 1.3 million people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Glücksmann?
In Argentina, the national register counted 19 people named Glücksmann, about 1 in 2.4 million residents.

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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, “Glücksmann”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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