Trommer
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Berufsname zum Trommler; zu mhd
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/tʁɔmɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Trommer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 28K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.3M
- CHSwitzerland1 in 280K
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
- 124 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 28K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Berufsname zum Trommler; zu mhd. trumbe/trumpe 'Trommel, Pauke' bzw. 'Posaune, Trompete'. 1658 Belege.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Trommer 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 | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Trommer | 84 |
| US United States | — | 253 | 1 in 1.3M | 253 | Trommer | 124 |
| BR Brazil | — | 73 | 1 in 2.9M | 73 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈64 est. | ≈1 in 1M | — | Trommer | 6 |
| FR France | — | ≈50 est. | ≈1 in 1.3M | 4 | Trommer | 53 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 30 | 1 in 280K | 30 | Trommer | 11 |
| NO Norway | — | 16 | 1 in 342K | 16 | Trommer | 5 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 354K | — | Trommer | 2 |
| DK Denmark | — | 14 | 1 in 419K | 14 | — | — |
| GD Grenada | #851 | — | — | — | Trommer | 1 |
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; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)
Trommer is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Berufsname: zu Trommel/Trommler, wohl für einen Trommler bzw. Trommelschläger. Bearer count: 1658.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In Danish, indefinite plural of tromme
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Hans Trommerb. 1904CHSwiss director and film director (1904-1989)
- Richard Trommerb. 1910DEphysician (Nazi Germany)
- Günther Trommerb. 1918DEGerman politician (1918-1990)
- Wolfgang Trommerb. 1927DEGerman conductor and musician (1927–2018)
- Aage Trommerb. 1930DKDanish historian
- Gerhard Trommerb. 1941DEGerman biologist and painter (1941-)
- Luitgard Trommerb. 1941scientist
- Johannes Trommerb. 1951DEGerman jurist
- Uwe Trommerb. 1964DEGerman association football player and manager
- Ortrud TrommerDEresearcher
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 17 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 253 | #76,029 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 244 | #73,931 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 237 | #85,054 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 73 | #79,953 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 30 | #27,377 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 16 | #46,811 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 14 | #30,786 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 9 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Trommer?
- A machine transcription gives /tʁɔmɐ/ (IPA) for German.
- What does the name Trommer mean?
- Recorded meaning: Berufsname zum Trommler; zu mhd.
- In which country does Trommer have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Trommer in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled trommer.
- How common is the name Trommer?
- In the United States, the national register counted 253 people named Trommer in 2010, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
- How common is Trommer compared with other names?
- In Grenada, Trommer is the 851st most common surname of 3,427 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Trommer” — the 851st most common surname in Grenada. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.