The Girma surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 794 people carried this name — #29,661 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is up 62% from 489 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Girma surname
Borrowed from the Amharic personal name ግርማ (gərma).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Girma» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 228 people named Girma.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Lot.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
41 people named Girma live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
78 people named Girma 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
Girma in American newspapers,
1888–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 947 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Girma,
with a public archive behind them.
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Baalu Girma 1938–1984 · writer -
Naomi Girma 2000– · association football player -
Marcel Girma 1941– · politician
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Girma Ashenafi 1982– · association football player
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Woynishet Girma 1986– · athletics competitor
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Sammy Girma 1989– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Girma.
- Girardo 152 · U.S. census
- Girardot 625 · U.S. census
- Giraud 919 · U.S. census
- Giraudo 121 · U.S. census
- Girault 206 · U.S. census
- Gire 352 · U.S. census
- Giro 295 · U.S. census
- Girod 1,689 · U.S. census
- Giroir 873 · U.S. census
- Girolami 273 · U.S. census
- Giron 15,786 · U.S. census
- Girona 218 · U.S. census
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