Ermel surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Ermel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 306 people carried this name — #64,891 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 310 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 167 people named Ermel.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Haut-Rhin 50
Côtes-d’Armor 37
Ille-et-Vilaine 27
Seine-Maritime 15
Territoire de Belfort 7
Yvelines 4
Bas-Rhin 4
Paris 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

82 people named Ermel live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

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

Where they live today

Bern 32
Aargau 17
Basel-Landschaft 13
Fribourg 8
Zurich 5
Geneva 4
Basel-Stadt 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 Argentina’s national register

At least 37 people named Ermel 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 City of Buenos Aires.

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

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 21
Buenos Aires Province 16

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

In Poland’s population register

33 people named Ermel have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 42 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.

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

Where they live today

Lesser Poland 15
Masovian 8
Opole 8
Silesian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

Who carried it

People named Ermel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gottlob Siegismund Ermel d. 1804 · merchant
  • Malle Ermel 1949– · bibliographer
  • Mathieu Ermel 1968– · politician
  • Nicole Ermel 1972– · social pedagogue
  • Iir Hermeliin 1973– · scenographer
  • Janek Ermel 1975–1997 · sport cyclist

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Ermel is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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