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

Oltmann, 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 Oltmann surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Oltmann in America

Oltmann is the 42511th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Oltmann surname appeared 510 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 Oltmann.

We can also compare 2010 data for Oltmann 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 Oltmann

The surname Oltmann originated in northern Germany, likely in the late medieval period around the 13th or 14th century. It is derived from the Germanic personal name Oldmann, which is composed of the elements "ald" meaning old and "mann" meaning man. The name may have been given as a descriptive nickname to an elderly man or it could refer to the founder or elder of a particular family line.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Oltmann name is found in the town records of Lübeck, a major trading city in northern Germany, dating back to the late 15th century. The name is also found in various church records and tax rolls from the region during this time period, often appearing with slight variations in spelling such as Oldtmann or Oltman.

In the 16th century, a notable individual named Hans Oltmann was a prominent merchant and member of the Hanseatic League, a powerful economic alliance of merchant guilds and market towns in northern Europe. He was born around 1520 in the city of Bremen and played a significant role in the trade networks of the region.

Another early record of the Oltmann name is found in the baptismal records of the town of Rostock, located in the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In 1602, a child named Johann Oltmann was baptized in the city's St. Petri Church, indicating the presence of the family in the area during the early 17th century.

During the 18th century, a famous bearer of the Oltmann name was Johann Georg Oltmann, a renowned clockmaker and inventor born in 1735 in the town of Eckernförde, in the Duchy of Holstein. He is credited with developing several innovative clock mechanisms and his work was highly regarded throughout northern Germany and Denmark.

Another notable individual with the Oltmann surname was Carl Oltmann, a German painter and illustrator who lived from 1803 to 1879. He was known for his landscape paintings and illustrations depicting scenes from northern Germany, particularly the areas around the cities of Hamburg and Lübeck.

As the Oltmann family continued to spread across northern Germany and into neighboring regions, the name appeared in various historical records, such as church registers, land deeds, and municipal archives, reflecting the family's presence and influence in the area over several centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Oltmann

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

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

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