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

Johanningmeier, 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 Johanningmeier surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Johanningmeier in America

Johanningmeier is the 77788th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Johanningmeier surname appeared 246 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 Johanningmeier.

We can also compare 2010 data for Johanningmeier 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 Johanningmeier

The surname JOHANNINGMEIER originated in Germany, likely in the early 16th century. It is a combination of two elements - "Johann" which is a German form of the Hebrew name "Yohanan" meaning "God is gracious" and the German word "meier" meaning a manager or overseer of a landed estate.

This suggests that the earliest bearers of this name were likely tenants or agricultural workers on a large estate owned by someone named Johann. The name may have started as a descriptive nickname to identify an individual's occupation and the landowner they worked for.

One of the earliest recorded instances of this surname can be found in the church records of the town of Eisenach in Thuringia, Germany, which mention a Johann Johanningmeier born in 1543. Another early record is from the town of Zittau in Saxony, where a Hans Johanningmeier is listed in the tax rolls of 1567.

In the 17th century, the surname appears in various records throughout central and eastern Germany, including the states of Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg. A notable bearer was Martin Johanningmeier (1612-1673), a Lutheran pastor and theologian from Dresden.

As the name spread across German-speaking regions, it underwent slight variations in spelling, such as Johaningmeier, Johanningsmeier, and Johanningmeyr. These variants can be found in historical documents from the 18th and 19th centuries.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name in its modern spelling of JOHANNINGMEIER dates back to 1792, when a Johann Christoph Johanningmeier was born in the village of Oberrieden in Hesse. Another early bearer was Christian Johanningmeier (1799-1876), a farmer and landowner from the town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Other notable individuals with this surname include Wilhelm Johanningmeier (1818-1892), a German-American writer and journalist who emigrated to the United States in the mid-19th century, and Karl Johanningmeier (1869-1940), a German politician and member of the Reichstag representing the Social Democratic Party in the early 20th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Johanningmeier

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

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 Johanningmeier 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 Johanningmeier 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 Johanningmeier was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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