List of the most common surnames in Europe#Germany
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Striking is the dominant position of the job titles. Especially at the time of the formation of names in the Middle Ages widespread professions can be found on the first places. The profession of farmers was so widespread that he was unsuitable for distinguishing between different people in rural areas. It is therefore only in 13th place The farmers usually wore habitation names, which describes the location of the farm in more detail.
List of the 100 most common surnames in Germany
Regional differences
Although Mueller is the most common name in German speaking countries, are in some areas, other surnames in frequency before Müller. The frequent name Schmidt Schmitz and lead in the central German -speaking and Eastern Low German language area. Meyer is particularly the Low German language area, especially in Lower Saxony, before Müller. Bauer leads in the eastern Upper German -speaking Bavaria. Particularly interesting is the regional accumulation rather rare name in the south and north. Huber is in Southern Bavaria, with the exception of Munich, the most common name. The rather rare Patronyme Jans ( s ) s, Hansen and Petersen are the most common names in the north (Lower Saxony and Schleswig -Holstein).
Slavic names
Especially in Saxony, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg- Vorpommern are due to the predominantly Slavic to the formation time of surnames colonization ( in the Lausitz continues to this day ) many surnames of Slavic origin.
As a result of the immigration of more than 100,000 people (including 130,000 " Ruhr Poles " ) from the Polish language area in the old - German -speaking area of the mid-19th century to early 20th century bear especially in North Rhine -Westphalia with a focus in the Ruhr area and in the area many of Berlin residents Polish names, but they are mostly " Germanized " by the notation ( examples: Orlowski, Schimanski, Rudzinski, Kowalski, Schymanietz, Matuzek to Matussek or Mattner, Koslowski, etc.). Approximately 13 % of the population today the names of Slavic origin.
Turkish name
The large number of immigrants from Turkey meant that Turkish names also occur relatively often.
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Other countries of origin
While most of the names have from non-German speaking countries a low to normal frequent dissemination, among the 5000 most common names a Vietnamese name is remarkably often represented. The reason is that 40 % of the Vietnamese population carry this name and after the Vietnam War, many Vietnamese people seeking asylum in Germany or working as migrant workers in the GDR and remained in Germany after reunification. Even in other states with a larger number of Vietnamese immigrants, he is one of the more common surnames, as in France ( rank 835 ), or in the U.S. ( rank 229).
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