Following names are the most used Surnames in Germany ranked in 2012 via German telehone books
(Aşağıdaki Almanya’da en çok kullanılan isimler listesi, 2012 yılı itibariyle Alman telefon listeleri yardımıyla derlenmistir.)
1. Müller => miller
2. Schmidt => smith
3. Schneider => taylor
4. Fischer => fisher
5. Weber => weaver
6. Schäfer => shepherd
7. Meyer => MHG-> steward of landholder; leaseholder
8. Wagner => wagoner
9. Becker => from Bäcker -> baker
10. Bauer => farmer
11. Hoffmann => landed farmer
12. Schulz => mayor
13. Koch => cook
14. Richter => judge
15. Klein => small
16. Wolf => wolf
17. Schröder => carter
18. Neumann => new man
19. Braun => brown
20. Werner => OHG defense army
21. Schwarz => black
22. Hofmann => landed farmer
23. Zimmermann => carpenter
24. Schmitt => smith
25. Hartmann => strong man
26. Schmid => smith
27. Weiß => white
28. Schmitz => smith
29. Krüger => potter
30. Lange => long
31. Meier => MHG-> steward of landholder; leaseholder
32. Walter => leader, ruler
33. Köhler => charcoal-maker
34. Maier => MHG-> steward of landholder; leaseholder
35. Beck => from Bach -> stream; Bäcker -> baker
36. König => king
37. Krause => curly-haired
38. Schulze => mayor
39. Huber => land owner
40. Mayer => steward of landholder; leaseholder
41. Frank => from Franconia
42. Lehmann => serf
43. Kaiser => emperor
44. Fuchs => fox
45. Herrmann => warrior
46. Lang => long
47. Thomas => Aramaic twin
48. Peters => Greek rock
49. Stein => rock, stone
50. Jung => young
51. Möller => miller
52. Berger => from French -> shepherd
53. Martin => latin war-like
54. Friedrich => OHG fridu-> peace, rihhi-> powerful
55. Scholz => mayor
56. Keller => cellar
57. Groß => big
58. Hahn => rooster
59. Roth => from rot ->red
60. Günther => Scandinavian warrior
61. Vogel => bird
62. Schubert => MHG Schuochwürchte-> shoemaker
63. Winkler => from Winkel ->angle
64. Schuster => shoemaker
65. Jäger => hunter
66. Lorenz => derived from latin Laurentius
67. Ludwig => OHG luth-> famous, wig-> war
68. Baumann => farmer
69. Heinrich => OHG heim -> home and rihhi -> powerful
70. Otto => OHG ot-> property, inheritance
71. Simon => Hebrew God has listened
72. Graf => count, earl
73. Kraus => curly-haired
74. Krämer => small trader, dealer
75. Böhm => of Bohemia
76. Schulte => from Schultheiß ->debt-broker
77. Albrecht => OHG adal-> noble, bereht-> famous
78. Franke => of Franconia
79. Winter => winter
80. Schumacher => cobbler, shoemaker
81. Vogt => steward
82. Haas => MHG – nickname for rabbit hunter; coward
83. Sommer => summer
84. Schreiber => writer, scribe
85. Engel => angel
86. Ziegler => brickmaker
87. Dietrich => OHG people’s ruler
88. Brandt => fire, burn
89. Seidel => mug
90. Kuhn => councilman
91. Busch => bush
92. Horn => horn
93. Arnold => OHG strength of an eagle
94. Kühn => councilman
95. Bergmann => miner
96. Pohl => Polish
97. Pfeiffer => piper
98. Wolff => wolf
99. Voigt => steward
100. Sauer => sour