Hans-Werner
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Hans-Werner is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 3.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 127K
- ATAustria≈1 in 197K
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)
- Sources
- 105 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈21,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hans-Werner 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 | #558 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | — | Hans-Werner | 105 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈66 est. | ≈1 in 127K | — | Hans-Werner | 11 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈45 est. | ≈1 in 197K | 2 | Hans-Werner | 13 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 1.6M | — | Hans-Werner | 3 |
| SE Sweden | — | 15 | 1 in 680K | 15 | Hans-Werner | 5 |
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: Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hans-Werner Grosseb. 1922DEnot in their usual nameGerman pilot
- Hans-Werner Aufrechtb. 1938DEnot in their usual nameMercedes-AMG founder
- Hans-Werner Hectorb. 1940DEnot in their usual nameGerman mathematician and entrepreneur
- Hans Werner Müllerb. 1942DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician
- Hans-Werner Schwarzb. 1946DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician
- Hans-Werner Sinnb. 1948DEnot in their usual nameGerman economist
- Hans-Werner Gessmannb. 1950DEnot in their usual namepsychologist (1950–2023)
- Hans-Werner Honertb. 1950DEnot in their usual nameGerman film director, screenwriter and politician
- Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfertb. 1954DEnot in their usual nameGerman egyptologist
- Hans Werner Meyerb. 1964DEnot in their usual nameGerman 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 12 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2010 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2009 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2008 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 18 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | 18 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2011 | 18 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 17 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2007 | 17 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2006 | 16 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2005 | 16 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name 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
- Is Hans-Werner a male or female name?
- Hans-Werner is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Hans-Werner have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 21 thousand people named Hans-Werner in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled Hans-Werner.
- How common is the name Hans-Werner?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 15 people named Hans-Werner, about 1 in 680 thousand residents.
- How common is Hans-Werner compared with other names?
- In Germany, Hans-Werner is the 558th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Hans-Werner?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hans-wernerThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Hans-Werner” — the 558th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.