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The GERMAINE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,346 18811 0 5
United States (1880 census) 66 42023 0 1
Change since 1880 +1280 +23212 +N/A +4
Other Countries
Australia 85 16370 0.001 5
United Kingdom 197 16606 0 4
Top States for GERMAINE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 148 5164 0.002 23
Florida 143 11553 0.001 9
New York 137 12618 0.001 7
Michigan 132 8628 0.001 13
California 110 19518 0.000 3
Top States for GERMAINE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Vermont 37 2530 0.006 61
Massachusetts 148 5164 0.002 23
Alaska 12 7804 0.002 19
Connecticut 54 7768 0.002 16
Michigan 132 8628 0.001 13

Notes

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

Classification and Origin of GERMAINE

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 GERMAINE 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 GERMAINE 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 GERMAINE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 130 9.66
Mixed Race 26 1.93
White (Hispanic) 26 1.93
Asian/Pacific 11 0.82
Native American/Alaskan 7 0.52
White (Caucasian) 1,146 85.14

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

Meaning of GERMAINE in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of GERMAINE.

Similar names to GERMAINE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GERMAINE.

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.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GERMAINE

The following words are slight variants of GERMAINE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.