The Neumann surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,484 people carried this name — #2,067 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 16,697 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
3,250 people named Neumann have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 4,539 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in 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
998 people named Neumann live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 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 974 people named Neumann 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 663 people named Neumann.
217 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 135 people named Neumann 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
684 people named Neumann are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Neumann in American newspapers,
1893–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 49,929 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Neumann,
with a public archive behind them.
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Caspar Neumann 1648–1715 · naturalist -
Johann Georg Neumann 1661–1709 · librarian -
Johann Balthasar Neumann 1687–1753 · teacher -
Johann Philipp Neumann 1774–1849 · writer -
Karl Friedrich Neumann 1793–1870 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 65 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Neumann.
- Neuder 133 · U.S. census
- Neuenschwander 1,856 · U.S. census
- Neufville 241 · U.S. census
- Neuhaus 2,324 · U.S. census
- Neuhauser 729 · U.S. census
- Neuman 8,982 · U.S. census
- Neumeyer 1,266 · U.S. census
- Neurohr 394 · U.S. census
- Neusch 217 · U.S. census
- Neuschwander 382 · U.S. census
- Neuville 467 · U.S. census
- Neve 1,260 · U.S. census
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