The Spielmann surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 456 people carried this name — #46,647 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 442 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Spielmann surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From the Middle High German spilman, from the Old High German spiliman, from spil + man.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Spielmann» (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
1,078 people named Spielmann live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.
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 436 people named Spielmann.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 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.
Who carried it
People named Spielmann,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacob Reinbold Spielmann 1722–1783 · chemist -
Julius Spielmann 1856–1920 · actor -
Johannes Spielmann 1500–1532
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Anton Freiherr von Spielmann 1738–1813 · politician
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Adam Spielmann 1813–1869
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Johann Spielmann 1820–1882 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Spielmann.
- Speyer 590 · U.S. census
- Spica 303 · U.S. census
- Spicher 1,159 · U.S. census
- Spiegel 6,338 · U.S. census
- Spieldenner 167 · U.S. census
- Spieler 467 · U.S. census
- Spies 3,508 · U.S. census
- Spiess 1,912 · U.S. census
- Spill 105 · U.S. census
- Spiller 5,418 · U.S. census
- Spina 4,453 · U.S. census
- Spinazzola 328 · U.S. census
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