The GERMAIN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	6,380	5044	0.002	24
United States (1880 census)	712	7263	0.001	14
Change since 1880	+5668	+2219	+0.001	+10
Other Countries
Australia	124	11815	0.001	8
United Kingdom	417	10127	0.001	9

Top States for GERMAIN by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New York	979	1700	0.005	52
Florida	815	2287	0.005	51
Massachusetts	694	1171	0.011	109
Michigan	516	2001	0.005	52
California	377	6684	0.001	11
Top States for GERMAIN by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Delaware	87	1471	0.011	111
Vermont	67	1501	0.011	110
Massachusetts	694	1171	0.011	109
New Hampshire	80	2182	0.006	65
Connecticut	197	2057	0.006	58

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GERMAIN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GERMAIN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GERMAIN in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GERMAIN by picking someone at random in Delaware than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GERMAIN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GERMAIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GERMAIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GERMAIN in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	209	3.28
White (Hispanic)	173	2.71
Asian/Pacific	42	0.66
Native American/Alaskan	33	0.52
White (Caucasian)	4,531	71.02
Black/African American	1,392	21.82

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GERMAIN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to GERMAIN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GERMAIN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.