The Rademacher surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,011 people carried this name — #8,263 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,924 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

63 people named Rademacher have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 114 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 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 23
Opole 14
Lublin 10
Pomeranian 6
Masovian 4
Silesian 4
West Pomeranian 2

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

45 people named Rademacher live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

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

Where they live today

Aargau 12
Zurich 9
Fribourg 6
Geneva 5
St. Gallen 5
Thurgau 5
Vaud 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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 32 people named Rademacher.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Bas-Rhin 16
Moselle 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Paris 2

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

In the Nordic population registers

29 people named Rademacher is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 29

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

Rademacher in American newspapers,
1848–1927.

Newspaper page from Ohio Staats-bote carrying the name Rademacher
Ohio Staats-bote 1848-04-05
Newspaper page from Washington Journal carrying the name Rademacher
Washington Journal 1927-09-09
Newspaper page from Washington Journal carrying the name Rademacher
Washington Journal 1927-09-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,312 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rademacher in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1980s.

106 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rademacher. The most, 29, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 4.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 77
ACT (Canberra) 7
New South Wales 1
Queensland 1
South Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Rademacher,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Reinhold Rademacher
    Reinhold Rademacher 1609–1668 · businessperson
  • Johann Gottfried Rademacher
    Johann Gottfried Rademacher 1772–1850 · writer
  • Niels Gronbek Rademacher
    Niels Gronbek Rademacher 1812–1885 · painter
  • Joseph Rademacher
    Joseph Rademacher 1840–1900 · Catholic priest
  • Hermann Matthias Rademacher d. 1725 · jurist
  • Catharina Elisabeth Rademacher 1655–1704

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 Rademacher,
in the records of 8 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 States713 records

713 records of the Rademacher name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 432
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 97
  • Other U.S. records 184
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edward L. Rademacher

    Born 1920 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks; stock clerk from St Louis City. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 Marie Rademacher

    Arrived at New York in 1887 aboard the Elbe from Bremen, aged 31; servant. From Hesedorf, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record George H. Rademacher

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1890, died 1958; buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 713 records for Rademacher 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany1,315 records

1,315 records of the Rademacher name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 1,314
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Hermann Rademacher

    Born 1896; from Mörs, Düsseldorf. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 30 July 1918; then reported missing in the list of 2 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 159).

    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 Carl August Ludwig Rademacher

    Emigrated to the United States in 1854.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list August Rademacher

    Born 1886; from Buckowine. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 29 March 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 51).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,315 records for Rademacher 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).

Netherlands609 records

609 records of the Rademacher name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 380
  • Dutch population registers 204
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 25
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joannes Hendricus Rádemacher

    Married in 1925 in Bingelrade; miner, born 1892 in Bingelrade. Died 1951 in Tuddern, aged 58.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hubert Jozef Rademacher

    Married in 1900 in Voerendaal; miner. Died 1954 in Kerkrade, aged 86.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gemeentearchief Kerkrade (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maria Catharina Rademacher

    Born 1882 in Voorburg. Died 1882 in Voorburg.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 609 records for Rademacher 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France18 records

18 records of the Rademacher 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 Viviane Rademacher

    Born 1954 in Strasbourg; died 1982 in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin).

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

    Born 1961 in Germany; died 2001 in Bossey (Haute-Savoie).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Salome Marie Rademacher

    Born 1902 in Strasbourg; died 1994 in Schiltigheim (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Rademacher 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).

Australia16 records

16 records of the Rademacher name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 9
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Alfred W. Rademacher

    Retired of Camberwell, Victoria; died 1974.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Edward Rademacher

    Arrived in Victoria in 1881 aboard the Garonne, aged 44.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John F. Rademacher

    Gentleman of Canterbury, Victoria; died 1945.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Rademacher in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Rademacher name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ann Rademacher

    Died 1903, aged 59; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Henry Auguste Rademacher

    Died 1942, aged 69; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Rademacher in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Belgium3 records

3 records of the Rademacher name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joannes Rademacher

    Married in 1825 in Aelst; "hoedemakersgast", born 1799 in Brussel.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Philippus Rademacher

    Died 1834 in Aalst; born in Aalst.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Rademacher in Belgium.

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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Norway1 record

1 record of the Rademacher name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Augusta Rademacher

    Census of 1910: Allegaten, Bergen; born 1855 in Bergen.

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

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).

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