Hermanns
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Genitivform zu Hermann; patronymische Ableitung mit -s
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/hɛʁmans/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hermanns is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands1 in 40K
- BEBelgium1 in 63K
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
- 125 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,100 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Genitivform zu Hermann; patronymische Ableitung mit -s. Bearer count: 2834. Morphologisch zeigt die Karte den Genitiv mit -s als Herkunftsmarker vom Rufnamen Hermann.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hermanns 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 | ≈6,100 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Hermanns | 125 |
| NL Netherlands | 435 | 1 in 40K | 435 | Hermanns | 29 |
| US United States | 350 | 1 in 950K | 361 | Hermanns | 99 |
| BE Belgium | 187 | 1 in 63K | 187 | Hermanns | 19 |
| CA Canada | ≈92 est. | ≈1 in 410K | — | Hermanns | 16 |
| DK Denmark | 39 | 1 in 150K | 39 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 27 | 1 in 311K | 27 | Hermanns | 12 |
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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Hermanns is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Starker Genitiv bei -mann-Surnamen; 2 Types/2834 Tokens. Muster: genitivisches -s an Herman(n).
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Einzelform der Hauptkarte; Genitivpatronym mit starker Genitivflexion -s/-ns.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, patronymisch zu Hermann
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)
- Rudolf Hermannsb. 1860DEGerman painter
- Heinrich Hermannsb. 1862DEGerman painter (1862–1942)
- Will Hermannsb. 1885DEGerman university teacher and writer (1885-1958)
- Matthias Hermannsb. 1899DEGerman missionary (1899–1972)
- Ernst Hermannsb. 1914DEGerman sculptor (1914–2000)
- Manfred Hermannsb. 1936DEGerman sociologist
- Rüdiger Hermannsb. 1940DEGerman politician
- Hen Hermannsb. 1953DEGerman author
- Monika Hermannsb. 1959DEGerman judge and jurist
- Thomas Hermannsb. 1963DEGerman TV presenter, comedian, screenwriter and director
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 24 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 435 | #4,551 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 361 | #60,295 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 352 | #54,766 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 350 | #58,042 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 187 | #9,000 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 187 | #9,655 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 39 | #13,138 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 27 | #29,501 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Hermanns?
- A machine transcription gives /hɛʁmans/ (IPA) for German.
- What does the name Hermanns mean?
- Recorded meaning: Genitivform zu Hermann; patronymische Ableitung mit -s.
- In which country does Hermanns have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.1 thousand people named Hermanns in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hermanns.
- How common is the name Hermanns?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 435 people named Hermanns in 2007, about 1 in 40 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hermannsThe 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, “Hermanns”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.