The Niemann surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,184 people carried this name — #7,908 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,998 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

100 people named Niemann live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 36
Aargau 13
St. Gallen 12
Bern 9
Basel-Stadt 9
Thurgau 8
Graubünden 7
Geneva 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 Poland’s population register

62 people named Niemann have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 113 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

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

Where they live today

Greater Poland 38
Silesian 8
Warmian-Masurian 7
Opole 4
Lower Silesian 3
Lesser Poland 2

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 38 people named Niemann 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 38

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 32 people named Niemann.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Pas-de-Calais 11
Nord 4
Paris 2
Gironde 1
Oise 1
Haut-Rhin 1
Val-d’Oise 1

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

In the Nordic population registers

59 people named Niemann is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 59

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

Niemann in American newspapers,
1902–1917.

Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Niemann
The Billings Gazette 1902-07-11
Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Niemann
The Daily Missoulian 1917-10-23
Newspaper page from Bismarck Daily Tribune carrying the name Niemann
Bismarck Daily Tribune 1908-08-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,033 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Niemann in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

2,246 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Niemann. The most, 449, date from the 1910s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Northern Territory, at 31.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 879
Queensland 474
New South Wales 377
South Australia 319
Northern Territory 97
Western Australia 36
Tasmania 28
ACT (Canberra) 23

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Niemann.

Who carried it

People named Niemann,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ludwig Ferdinand Niemann
    Ludwig Ferdinand Niemann 1781–1836 · local historian
  • Edmund John Niemann
    Edmund John Niemann 1813–1876 · painter
  • Wilhelm Niemann d. 1918 · soldier
  • Sebastian Niemann 1625–1684 · parson
  • Christian Albrecht Niemann 1680–1734 · mayor
  • August Christian Niemann 1761–1832 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Niemann,
in the records of 9 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,962 records

1,962 records of the Niemann name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1,451
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 254
  • Other U.S. records 257
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Frederick R. Niemann

    Born 1919 in Idaho. Enlisted 1941 at Salt Lake City, Utah; driver from Lemhi County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1980, buried at Eagle Point National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Johanne Niemann

    Arrived at New York in 1865 aboard the Jupiter from Bremen, aged 16; tourist. From Osnabrueck, Hanover, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record David Lee Niemann

    Born 1947; from Conneautville, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,962 records for Niemann in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany2,038 records

2,038 records of the Niemann name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 2,035
  • German emigration and citizenship files 2
  • German estate files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Otto Niemann

    Born 1889; from Velpke, Helmstedt. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 10 October 1916; then reported missing in the list of 5 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 368).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Michael Friedrich Niemann

    Emigrated to the United States in 1872.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Max Niemann

    Estate settled in 1911.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0)

Showing 3 of 2,038 records for Niemann in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands888 records

888 records of the Niemann name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 524
  • Dutch population registers 362
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hendrica Geertruida Niemann

    Married in 1841 in Brummen; lady's maid. Died 1841 in Zutphen, aged 36.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Heinrich Niemann

    Married in 1896 in Onstwedde; labourer. Died 1935 in Hengelo, aged 64.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Gerardus Hendrik Niemann

    Married in 1849 in Haarlem; florist. Died 1897 in Haarlem, aged 69.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 888 records for Niemann in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia49 records

49 records of the Niemann name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 23
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 15
  • Other Australian records 11
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wilhelmine Niemann

    Arrived in Queensland in 1864 aboard the Susanne Godeffroy, aged 2.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Norman MacGillivray Niemann

    Gentleman of Buninyong, Victoria; died 1986.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ethel Emily May Niemann

    Buried in 1959 at Woden Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.

    ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 49 records for Niemann in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France12 records

12 records of the Niemann name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Antoinette Niemann

    Born 1917 in Sangatte; died 1979 in Calais (Pas-de-Calais).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Fernand Rene Niemann

    Born 1905 in Deuil-la-Barre (Val-d'Oise); died 1992 in Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Francis Henri Auguste Niemann

    Born 1943 in Calais; died 2000 in Beuvry (Pas-de-Calais).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Niemann in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Norway10 records

10 records of the Niemann name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record William A. Niemann

    Census of 1910: Odensgate, Kristiania; born 1898 in Kristiania.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Gunvor Niemann

    Census of 1910: Norheim, Sannikedal; born 1909 in Sannikedal.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Aksel Niemann

    Census of 1910: Norheim, Sannikedal; born 1881 in Kragerø.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Niemann in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Finland2 records

2 records of the Niemann name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1914–1922
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Gustav Heinrich Niemann

    Born 1880 in Bielefeld; glassblower. Died in 1918, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Niemann in Finland.

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Niemann name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Hannelore Niemann

    Buried in 1984 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 45.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Belgium1 record

1 record of the Niemann name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Henricus Niemann

    Died 1903 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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