The Nordmann surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 494 people carried this name — #43,651 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 453 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Nordmann surname
From Middle High German nortman, from Old High German nordman.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nordmann» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
156 people named Nordmann live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Nordmann.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Nordmann,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexander von Nordmann 1803–1866 · naturalist -
Alexander von Nordmann 1803–1866 · naturalist -
Constantin Nordmann 1805–1889 · architect -
Boris Nordmann 1808–1877 · military officer -
Boris Nordmann 1808–1877 · military officer
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Ludwig Heinrich Nordmann 1753–1813 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nordmann.
- Nollet 152 · U.S. census
- Nonnenmacher 327 · U.S. census
- Noppe 127 · U.S. census
- Norbert 246 · U.S. census
- Nord 4,635 · U.S. census
- Nordin 2,642 · U.S. census
- Nore 367 · U.S. census
- Noris 466 · U.S. census
- Norman 67,704 · U.S. census
- Normand 3,246 · U.S. census
- Normandin 1,956 · U.S. census
- North 20,343 · U.S. census
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