List of the most common surnames in Germany | german last names

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• Müller, occupation (miller)
• Schmidt, occupation (smith)
• Schneider, occupation (tailor)
• Fischer, occupation (fisherman)
• Weber, occupation (weaver)
• Mayer, occupation (originally a manorial landlord, later a self-employed farmer) (all homophones combined would rank second)
• Wagner, occupation (wainwright)
• Becker, occupation (baker)
• Schulz, occupation (medieval sheriff)
• Hoffmann, occupation (steward or courtier)
• Schäfer, occupation (shepherd)
• Koch, occupation (cook)
• Bauer, occupation (farmer or peasant)
• Richter, occupation (judge)
• Klein, trait ("small", "short" )
• Wolf, perhaps derived from forename (e.g. Wolf, Wolfgang, etc.) or trait ("wolf-like")
• Goudier (surname) from germanic "god" & "hari" (army)
• Schröder, occupation (tailor or wine shipper)
• Neumann, trait ("new")
• Schwarz, trait ("black-haired")
• Zimmermann, occupation (carpenter)
• Braun, trait ("brown-haired") or forename (Brunhold)
• Krüger, occupation (innkeeper)
• Hofmann, occupation (steward or courtier)
• Hartmann, forename
• Lange, trait ("tall")
• Schmitt, occupation (smith)
• Werner, forename
• Schmitz, occupation (smith)
• Krause, trait ("curly haired")
• Meier, occupation (originally a manorial landlord, later a self-employed farmer)
• Lehmann, occupation/class (vassal)
• Schmid, occupation (smith)
• Schulze, occupation (medieval mayor)
• Maier, occupation (originally a manorial landlord, later a self-employed farmer)
• Köhler, occupation (charcoal-maker)
• Herrmann, forename
• König, house name ("king")
• Gantzmann
• Walter, forename
• Mayer, occupation (originally a manorial landlord, later a self-employed farmer)
• Huber, occupation (farmer)
• Kaiser, house name ("emperor")
• Fuchs, trait ("fox hunter" or "fox-like")
• Peters, forename
• Lang, trait ("tall")
• Scholz, occupation (medieval mayor)
• Möller, occupation (miller)
• Weiß, trait ("white-haired" or "white-skinned")
• Jung, trait ("young")
• Hahn, "rooster", or possibly a condensation of Johannes
• Schubert, occupation (shoemaker), derived from Middle High German Schuochwürhte
• Vogel, house name ("bird")
• Friedrich, forename composed of Old High German fridu ("peace") and rîhhi ("prince")
• Keller, occupation (winemaker)
• Günther, forename
• Frank, tribe (Franks)
• Berger, house name ("mountain")
• Winkler, occupation (grocer)
• Roth, trait ("red-haired")
• Beck, occupation (baker)
• Lorenz, forename
• Baumann, occupation (farmer or peasant)
• Franke, tribe (Franks)
• Albrecht, forename
• Schuster, occupation (shoemaker)
• Simon, forename
• Ludwig, forename
• Böhm, nation (Bohemian)
• Winter, related to winter
• Kraus, trait ("curly-haired")
• Martin, forename
• Schumacher, occupation (shoemaker)
• Krämer, occupation (grocer, huckster or chandler)
• Vogt, occupation (bailiff)
• Stein, house name ("rock")
• Jäger, occupation (hunter)
• Otto, forename
• Sommer, related to summer
• Groß, trait ("big")
• Seidel, perhaps derived from forename (e.g. Siegfried, Sieghart, etc.)
• Heinrich, forename
• Brandt, related to fire
• Haas, house name ("hare")
• Schreiber, occupation (scrivener)
• Graf, occupation (count)
• Schulte, occupation (medieval mayor)
• Dietrich, forename composed of Old High German diot ("people") and rihhi ("mighty"), meaning "ruler of people"
• Ziegler, occupation (brickmaker)
• Kuhn, perhaps derived from forename (Konrad)
• Kühn, trait ("brave")
• Pohl, possibly from Low German Puhl or High German Pfuhl ("pool"), given to those that dwell near a small body of water; or, meaning "originating from or related to Poland"
• Engel, forename or house name ("angel")
• Horn, house name ("horn")
• Busch, house name ("shrub")
• Bergmann, occupation (miner)
• Thomas, forename
• Voigt, occupation (bailiff)
• Sauer, trait ("grim")
• Arnold, forename
• Wolff, perhaps derived from forename (e.g. Wolf, Wolfgang, etc.) or trait ("wolf-like")
• Pfeiffer, occupation (piper)[1]
• Foehrkolb, occupation (cabinet maker / woodworker)