Vollmer
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronymic from Volkmar; demonstrates the shift -mar > -mer and vowel variation in Voll-/Vol-/Fol- spellings
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈvɑɫmɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vollmer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 5.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 50K
- CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 7.5K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 327 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈24,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Patronymic from Volkmar; demonstrates the shift -mar > -mer and vowel variation in Voll-/Vol-/Fol- spellings. Bearer count: 10663.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vollmer 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 58K | — | Vollmer | 3 |
| DE Germany | #394 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.5K | — | Vollmer | 173 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #266 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | — | Vollmer | 1 |
| US United States | — | 6,614 | 1 in 50K | 6.6K | Vollmer | 327 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 192K | — | Vollmer | 7 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 291 | 1 in 29K | 291 | Vollmer | 40 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 49K | — | Vollmer | 20 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Vollmer | 16 |
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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)
Vollmer is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronym zu ahd./altsächs. folc 'Volk' + -mar aus māri 'berühmt'; Vokalabschwächung im Nebenton.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Aus dem Rufnamen Volkmar; zeigt lk/ll-Varianz, teils Assimilation von lk zu ll bzw. Ausfall des mittleren Konsonanten. 9734 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Aus dem Rufnamen Volkmar/Volmar; die Plate zeigt vor allem l/ll-, o/ö- und -mar/-mer-Varianten sowie Genitiv- und t-Erweiterungen.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Deutscher Familienname; Karte zeigt die Konsonantenvariation Volkmer/Vollmer (gutturales Plosiv k ↔ ll). 9734 Namensträger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
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)
- Adolph Friedrich Vollmerb. 1806DEGerman landscape and marine painter and graphic artist (1806-1875)
- Joseph Vollmerb. 1871DEGerman automobile designer (1871-1955)
- Heinrich Vollmerb. 1885DEGerman firearm designer (1885–1961)
- Joan Vollmerb. 1923UScommon-law wife of William S. Burroughs
- Antje Vollmerb. 1943DEGerman politician (1943–2023)
- Gerhard Vollmerb. 1943DEGerman philosopher
- Gottfried Vollmerb. 1953DEGerman actor
- Jörg Vollmerb. 1957DEGerman general
- Sebastian Vollmerb. 1984DEGerman gridiron football player (born 1984)
- Dana Vollmerb. 1987USAmerican swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
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 30 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 6.6K | #5,273 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 6.5K | #4,931 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 6.2K | #5,400 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 291 | #4,487 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- 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
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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 Vollmer come from?
- Patronymic from Volkmar; demonstrates the shift -mar > -mer and vowel variation in Voll-/Vol-/Fol- spellings. Bearer count: 10663. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus.
- How do you pronounce Vollmer?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈvɑɫmɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Vollmer mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronymic from Volkmar; demonstrates the shift -mar > -mer and vowel variation in Voll-/Vol-/Fol- spellings.
- In which country does Vollmer have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 24 thousand people named Vollmer in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vollmer.
- How common is the name Vollmer?
- In the United States, the national register counted 6,614 people named Vollmer in 2010, about 1 in 50 thousand residents.
- How common is Vollmer compared with other names?
- In Congo - Kinshasa, Vollmer is the 266th most common surname of 44,726 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, “Vollmer” — the 266th most common surname in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.