Nordmann
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in German: Toponymic surname from northern place/dwelling names; derived from settlements such as Nordhusen, Northeim, Norden, Nordhausen, and related < ON / < SiedlungsN forms
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/nɔʁtman/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nordmann is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- FRFrance
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)
Common in Alsace and Lorraine; means ‘northern man’.
Sources 1
- Tên Họ Người Việt Nam
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
How Nordmann is read(measured from records)
Nordmann is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- German45%
Toponymic surname from northern place/dwelling names; derived from settlements such as Nordhusen, Northeim, Norden, Nordhausen, and related < ON / < SiedlungsN forms.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Toponymic surname from north/northern place or dwelling; <SiedlungsN>/<ON> derivation. Bearer count: 4791.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Toponymic surname from residence in/at the north; bearer count 1546+61.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Norseman, Viking, Scandinavian
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English34%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Nordmann in English.
- French8.0%
Common in Alsace and Lorraine; means ‘northern man’.
as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)
Nordmann 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.
topographic name from German Nord ‘north’ -i- man ‘man’ (see North 1).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
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)
- Alexander von Nordmannb. 1803FIFinnish zoologist, botanist and palaeontologist (1803-1866)
- Johann Nordmannb. 1820ATAustrian journalist (1820–1887)
- Marcel Nordmannb. 1890DEGerman politician (1890-1948)
- Gerhard Nordmannb. 1913DEGerman politician (1913-1996)
- Karl-Gottfried Nordmannb. 1915DEGerman World War II military aviator (1915–1982)
- Theodor Nordmannb. 1918DERecipient of the Knight's Cross (1918–1945)
- Marielle Nordmannb. 1941FRFrench musician
- Jean-Thomas Nordmannb. 1946FRFrench politician and historian
- Jean-Gabriel Nordmannb. 1947FRFrench comedian, theater director and playwright
- Roger Nordmannb. 1973CHSwiss politician
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 25 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 494 | #43,651 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 488 | #46,955 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 453 | #44,654 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 158 | #7,628 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 75 | #23,763 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 51 | #10,347 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 39 | #59,263 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 30 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 28 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 23 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 21 | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 19 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- Where does the name Nordmann come from?
- Common in Alsace and Lorraine; means ‘northern man’. Recorded by Tên Họ Người Việt Nam.
- How do you pronounce Nordmann?
- A machine transcription gives /nɔʁtman/ (IPA) for German.
- What does the name Nordmann mean?
- In German, Toponymic surname from northern place/dwelling names; derived from settlements such as Nordhusen, Northeim, Norden, Nordhausen, and related < ON / < SiedlungsN forms.
- In which country does Nordmann have the most bearers?
- Nordmann is most frequently recorded in Germany.
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About this data
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nordmann”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.