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The Ullmann surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,034 people carried this name — #24,260 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 13% from 916 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Ullmann surname

From German, meaning "man from Ulm".

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ullmann» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 643 people named Ullmann 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 527
Río Negro 46
City of Buenos Aires 34
Santa Fe 14
Entre Ríos 12
Chaco 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

435 people named Ullmann live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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Where they live today

Zurich 92
Thurgau 81
St. Gallen 58
Bern 40
Aargau 35
Basel-Stadt 22
Solothurn 17
Schwyz 13

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 238 people named Ullmann.

29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 29
Haut-Rhin 61
Bas-Rhin 43
Paris 34
Moselle 11
Meurthe-et-Moselle 7
Seine-Saint-Denis 4
Côte-d’Or 4
Charente-Maritime 4

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

In Poland’s population register

162 people named Ullmann have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 275 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 97
Opole 25
Lower Silesian 12
Pomeranian 9
Masovian 7
Łódź 4
Podlaskie 4
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 the Nordic population registers

34 people named Ullmann is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 34

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).

Who carried it

People named Ullmann,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Móric Ullmann
    Móric Ullmann 1782–1847 · banker
  • Josef Ullmann d. 1880 · politician
  • Salom Ullmann d. 1825 · rabbi
  • Johann Georg Ullmann 1695–1765 · cartographer
  • David Ullmann 1728–1762 · rabbi
  • Anton Jakob Ullmann 1732–1807

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Ullmann.

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