Volkmer

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Aus dem Rufnamen Volkmar (ahd./as

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/fɔlkmɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Volkmer is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany
  • USUnited States
  • AUAustralia

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.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Aus dem Rufnamen Volkmar (ahd./as. folc 'Kriegs-Volk' + māri 'angesehen, berühmt'); zeigt lk/ll-Varianz durch Assimilation. 2516 Tokens.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

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)

Volkmer 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, Patronymischer Familienname aus ahd. folc, altsächs. folk 'Heerschar, Volk'; Rufname Volk-/Folc-.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

  • In German, Deutscher Familienname; Karte zeigt die Konsonantenvariation Volkmer/Vollmer (gutturales Plosiv k ↔ ll). 2516 Namensträger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, zu ahd., altsächs. māri „angesehen, berühmt“; Rufname Volk-

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

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)

150016001700180019002000Tobias Volkmer, b. 1586Ottomar Volkmer, b. 1839Franz Volkmer, b. 1846Georg Volkmer, b. 1870Karl Volkmer, b. 1922Harold Volkmer, b. 1931José Albano Volkmer, b. 1942Werner Volkmer, b. 1944Marlies Volkmer, b. 1947Hans Volkmer, b. 1953

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)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Volkmer, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Volkmer
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000528#39,240
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020512#45,060
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010499#43,285
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—366#22,394
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—80—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—62#24,728
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—61#9,692
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202441#21,670
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—26#37,832
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202624—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—24#81,553
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202623—

Reference works 4

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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Volkmer?
A machine transcription gives /fɔlkmɐ/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Volkmer mean?
Recorded meaning: Aus dem Rufnamen Volkmar (ahd./as.
In which country does Volkmer have the most bearers?
Volkmer is most frequently recorded in Germany.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Volkmer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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