The Germain surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,380 people carried this name — #5,044 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 11,222 people named Germain.
233 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 104 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 332 people named Germain live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
154 people named Germain live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Germain in American newspapers,
1873–1935.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 87,913 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Germain,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Germain 1673–1748 · architect -
Elizabeth Germain 1680–1769 · courtier -
George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville 1716–1785 · military personnel -
Ambroise-François Germain 1726–1821 · businessperson -
Sophie Germain 1776–1831 · physicist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 221 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Germain.
- Gerin 129 · U.S. census
- Gering 1,164 · U.S. census
- Gerlach 7,181 · U.S. census
- Gerland 244 · U.S. census
- Gerling 1,827 · U.S. census
- Gerlinger 197 · U.S. census
- Germaine 1,346 · U.S. census
- German 14,769 · U.S. census
- Germani 465 · U.S. census
- Germann 2,359 · U.S. census
- Germano 2,383 · U.S. census
- Germany 3,529 · U.S. census
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