Find out how popular the last name Adermann is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Adermann.

Adermann, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Adermann surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Adermann in America

Adermann is the 135593rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Adermann surname appeared 124 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Adermann.

We can also compare 2010 data for Adermann to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Adermann

The surname Adermann is of German origin, with its roots dating back to the medieval period. It is believed to have originated as a locational name, derived from the place name "Adermannstein" or "Adermannsweiler," both of which are small villages located in the southwestern region of Germany.

The name Adermann is thought to be a compound word, consisting of two parts: "Ader" and "Mann." The prefix "Ader" is an old German word meaning "vein" or "watercourse," while "Mann" translates to "man." This suggests that the name may have initially referred to someone who lived near a vein or small stream.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Adermann can be found in the Liber Censuum, a medieval manuscript compiled in the 13th century, which lists a certain "Conradus Adermann" from the town of Worms, located in the modern-day state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

In the 16th century, the name appears in the records of the city of Nuremberg, where a prominent merchant and councilor named Hans Adermann (1510-1578) played a significant role in the city's affairs. Another noteworthy figure was Johann Adermann (1592-1667), a German theologian and professor of theology at the University of Wittenberg.

In the 17th century, a line of the Adermann family settled in the town of Wolfenbüttel, in the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg (now part of Lower Saxony, Germany). Here, the name is recorded in various church and municipal records, with individuals such as Christian Adermann (1621-1684), a respected magistrate, and his son, Johann Friedrich Adermann (1651-1718), a renowned painter and engraver.

Moving into the 18th century, the Adermann name gained prominence in the field of music with the birth of Johann Walther Adermann (1720-1786), a German composer and organist who served as the court Kapellmeister in the city of Celle, in the Electorate of Hanover.

Another notable figure bearing the Adermann surname was Karl Friedrich Adermann (1770-1842), a German jurist and legal scholar who served as a professor of law at the University of Göttingen and contributed significantly to the development of German civil law.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Adermann

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Adermann.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Adermann was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Adermann has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Adermann was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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