Nümann

surname · Latin script

Nümann is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ghana than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Zum Erstglied Neu-; Variante mit ü.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States≈1 in 4.3M(inferred from the name graph)
  • GHGhana≈1 in 222K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 1.4M

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 Nümann 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.

Ghana (inferred from the name graph)

≈130 people, est.

Sources
63 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 222K (inferred from the name graph)

Ghana, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Numann in US United States, GH Ghana, NL Netherlands and Nuemann in GT Guatemala, CO Colombia.

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

Zum Erstglied Neu-; Variante mit ü. 38 Träger. Karte zeigt die ü-Variante gegenüber neu, au und ie.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nümann 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 Nümann is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GH Ghana≈130 est.≈1 in 222K—Numann1
US United States≈77 est.≈1 in 4.3MlistedNumann63
DE Germany≈59 est.≈1 in 1.4MlistedNümann23
GT Guatemala≈29 est.≈1 in 592K—Nuemann1
BR Brazil221 in 9.6M22—2
CO Colombia≈16 est.≈1 in 3.1M—Nuemann1
NL Netherlands61 in 2.9M6Numann2

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: the dfa-band-1 register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). 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)

Nümann is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Numann

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Numann

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Numann

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Nümann
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1———

Reference works 1

  • 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

What does the name Nümann mean?
Recorded meaning: Zum Erstglied Neu-; Variante mit ü.
In which country does Nümann have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 132 people named Nümann in Ghana, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled numann.
How common is the name Nümann?
In Brazil, the national register counted 22 people named Nümann, about 1 in 9.6 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, “Nümann”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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