Volkmar
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name from Old High German
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/fɔlkmaːɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Volkmar is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 4.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- ATAustria≈1 in 46K
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 98K
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
- 153 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈16,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name from Old High German
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Volkmar 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 | #629 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.9K | — | Volkmar | 153 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 46K | 9 | Volkmar | 40 |
| US United States | — | ≈96 est. | ≈1 in 3.5M | 403 | Volkmar | 87 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈86 est. | ≈1 in 98K | 9 | Volkmar | 20 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 360K | 1 | Volkmar | 11 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 18 | 1 in 960K | 18 | Volkmar | 8 |
| SE Sweden | — | 13 | 1 in 785K | 13 | — | 7 |
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; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)
Volkmar 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, ) Folkmar: alter deutscher männl. Vom. (ahd. folc »Haufe, Kriegsschar,
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Germanic: ‘people famous’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
German: from an old Germanic personal name composed of the elements folk people + m ri , m ri famous.
as a word
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)
- Volkmar Andreaeb. 1879CHSwiss composer and conductor (1879-1962)
- Volkmar Gabertb. 1923DEGerman politician (1923–2003)
- Volkmar Köhlerb. 1930DEGerman politician (1930-2012)
- Volkmar Kleinertb. 1938DEGerman actor
- Volkmar Fritzb. 1938DEGerman biblical archaeologist (1938–2007)
- Volkmar Siguschb. 1940DEGerman sexologist (1940–2023)
- Volkmar Braunbehrensb. 1941DEGerman musicologist and publisher
- Volkmar Großb. 1948DEGerman footballer (1948-2014)
- Volkmar Vogelb. 1959DEGerman politician
- Volkmar Kleinb. 1960DEGerman 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)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 31 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 403 | #51,610 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 374 | #58,578 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 370 | #52,608 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 9 | #65,843 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 4 | #61,522 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #160,730 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- What does the name Volkmar mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name from Old High German Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Volkmar?
- A machine transcription gives /fɔlkmaːɐ/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Volkmar a male or female name?
- Volkmar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Volkmar have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Volkmar in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled volkmar.
- How common is the name Volkmar?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 18 people named Volkmar, about 1 in 960 thousand residents.
- How common is Volkmar compared with other names?
- In Germany, Volkmar is the 629th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Volkmar?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/volkmarThe 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, “Volkmar” — the 629th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.