The Most Comon
German Surnames
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Latest Update: 14 January 1997 (Links updated)
According to Ernest Thode (professional genealogist, author, lecturer, map dealer and
FEEFHS professional member) the fourty most common German names, in approximate
descending order, are:
1. MÜLLER = MUELLER
2. SCHMIDT
3. MEYER
4. SCHNEIDER
5. FISCHER
6. WEBER
7. BECKER
8. WAGNER
9. SCHÄFER = SCHAEFER
10. SCHULZ
11. HOFFMANN
12. BAUER
13. KOCH
14. KLEIN
15. SCHRÖDER = SCHROEDER
16. SCHWARZ / SCHWARTZ
17. WOLF
18. NEUMANN
19. BRAUN
20. ZIMMERMANN
21. HUBER
22. HARTMANN
23. WEISS
24. RICHTER
25. LANGE
26. KRAUSE / KRAUSS
27. KRÜGER = KRUEGER
28. WERNER
29. PETERS
30. FUCHS
31. WALTER
32. KÖNIG = KOENIG
33. KÖHLER = KOEHLER
34. KAISER
35. JUNG
36. KELLER
37. HERMANN
38. ROTH
39. GRÜN = GRUEN
40. GROSS
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