The Emmert surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,025 people carried this name — #8,235 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,920 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Emmert surname

As a German surname, variant of Emmer.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Emmert» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 331 people named Emmert live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Santa Fe 318
Chaco 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

31 people named Emmert live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 13
St. Gallen 9
Geneva 6
Solothurn 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Emmert in American newspapers,
1908.

Newspaper page from The Comet carrying the name Emmert
The Comet 1908-03-05
Newspaper page from The Comet carrying the name Emmert
The Comet 1908-02-27
Newspaper page from The Comet carrying the name Emmert
The Comet 1908-02-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,792 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Emmert in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

454 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Emmert. The most, 168, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 316
New South Wales 68
Victoria 23
South Australia 18
Western Australia 16
Tasmania 10
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Emmert.

Who carried it

People named Emmert,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hans David Emmert 1590– · mintmaster
  • Johann Joseph Emmert 1732–1809 · composer
  • Johann Heinrich Emmert 1748–1830 · teacher
  • Adam Joseph Emmert 1765–1812 · composer
  • August Gottfried Ferdinand Emmert 1777–1819 · physician
  • Friedrich Emmert 1802–1868 · botanist

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Emmert,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States457 records

457 records of the Emmert name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 155
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 146
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 66
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles F. Emmert

    Born 1923 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; aircraft worker from Sullivan County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Shipley Cemetery, Bristol, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ernestine Emmert

    Arrived at New York in 1870 aboard the Henry from Bremen, aged 52; farmer. From Germany; bound for Indiana.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Charles William Emmert

    Born 1946; from Navarre, Ohio. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 457 records for Emmert in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany285 records

285 records of the Emmert name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 283
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  • German applications to settle and marry 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Magnus Emmert

    From Fulda. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 7 October 1914 (Infantry Regiment No. 116).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Rudolph Franz Hermann Emmert

    Emigrated to Austria-Hungary in 1876.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elisabetha Emmert

    Named in an application to settle and marry at Rehweiler in 1856.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Würzburg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 285 records for Emmert in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands32 records

32 records of the Emmert name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 16
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 10
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 6
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Johan Kilian Emmert

    Died 1817 in Dinxperlo, aged 78; sergeant.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Pieternel Emmert Jan Emmert

    Married in 1720 in Tilburg; born in Oisterwijk.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Karoline Maria Emmert

    In the population register of Utrecht; born in Rastatt.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 32 records for Emmert in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Emmert name in Australia Queensland State Archives indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Heinrich Emmert

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1885.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Henry Emmert

    Leased farmland at Toowoomba, Queensland in 1890.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Otto William Emmert

    Will registered in Queensland in 1938.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Emmert in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Emmert name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Hilda Emmert

    Died 1987; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Emmert

    Died 1974; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Emmert name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Robert Alfred Emmert

    Born 1952 in Haguenau; died 1999 in Gerstheim (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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