Nerlich
surname · Latin script
Meaning: trait surname: likely from a personal quality/name formation; bearer count not printed on this line
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/nɐlɪç/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nerlich is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- DEGermany
- AUAustralia
- CACanada
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)
trait surname: likely from a personal quality/name formation; bearer count not printed on this line
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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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)
Nerlich is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Adjectival surname in -lich; bearer count 11. Morphological pattern: -lich formation.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Adjective-based surname; shows -lich variation and phonetic/stem alternants.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, German surname in -lich; adjective-based formation. Bearer count: 813.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Nach persönlichem Merkmal: zu mhd./mnd. bitterlich 'bitter(lich)' = verbittert, heftig, streng u.ä.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Übername zu mhd. nerlich/nährlich 'sich rechtmäßig ernährend; gering, kümmerlich'; -lich-Suffix. Bearer count: 911.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
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)
- Georg Nerlichb. 1892DEGerman painter (1892-1982)
- Paweł Dąbski-Nerlichb. 1899PLPolish officer
- Werner Nerlichb. 1915DEGerman graphic designer and painter (1915-1999)
- Graham Nerlichb. 1929AUAustralian philosopher 1929-2022
- Michael Nerlichb. 1939DEGerman art historian
- Michael Nerlichb. 1953DEGerman surgeon
- Brigitte Nerlichb. 1956DEresearcher
- Matthias Nerlichb. 1972DEGerman politician
- Alexander Nerlichb. 1979DEGerman director
- Elias Nerlichb. 1997DEGerman-Egyptian Twitch streamer, YouTuber and soccer player
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 10 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 31 | #26,702 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 16 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 16 | #102,881 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 13 | #32,949 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 10 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 10 | #136,528 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 6 | #58,749 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 6 | #203,151 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Nerlich mean, and where does it come from?
- trait surname: likely from a personal quality/name formation; bearer count not printed on this line Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen.
- How do you pronounce Nerlich?
- A machine transcription gives /nɐlɪç/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Nerlich have the most bearers?
- Nerlich is most frequently recorded in Germany.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nerlichThe 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, “Nerlich”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.