The Erdmann surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,085 people carried this name — #8,119 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 72,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,005 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
682 people named Erdmann have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 860 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
160 people named Erdmann live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 157 people named Erdmann 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 124 people named Erdmann.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
60 people named Erdmann is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Erdmann in American newspapers,
1884–1893.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,886 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Erdmann,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Friedrich von Erdmann 1778–1846 · university teacher -
Franz von Erdmann 1793–1862 · university teacher -
Franz von Erdmann 1793–1862 · university teacher
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Johann Christoph Erdmann 1733–1812 · writer
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Johann Wiegand Christian Erdmann 1764–1842 · jurist
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Karl Gottfried Erdmann 1774–1835 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Erdmann.
- Erbland 199 · U.S. census
- Erbs 206 · U.S. census
- Ercolani 342 · U.S. census
- Ercole 380 · U.S. census
- Ercoli 265 · U.S. census
- Erdem 228 · U.S. census
- Erdogan 261 · U.S. census
- Erhard 994 · U.S. census
- Erhardt 2,164 · U.S. census
- Erhart 1,547 · U.S. census
- Eric 355 · U.S. census
- Erlich 765 · U.S. census
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