Westermann is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Westermann
No. of characters: 10
Origin: England
Meaning:

Westermann is variant form of Westman. The man who came from the west.

How popular is Westermann?

Westermann is common in Germany, United States, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, Norway.

Westermann is ranked 28684 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Westermanns grew by 7.33 per cent to 761 since 2000 and ranked 30630 after elevating 340 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.9 96.76
Others 1.05 0.99
Westermann is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies its Germany provenence. Around 18734 people have been found who wears Westermann as their family name. Westermann is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Westermann:
630 Germany15,310
Countries with thousands of Westermann:
28,860 United States1,148
Countries with hundreds of Westermann:
867 Denmark603
22,745 France452
11,652 Netherlands247
5,566 Switzerland211
34,295 South Africa141
60,742 Brazil113
30,736 Canada109
7,222 Norway102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,697 Portugal57
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
60,528 England41
222,048 Thailand40
44,772 Spain33
64,589 Australia23
60,840 Belgium16
52,281 Austria15
21,998 Chile15
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
146,768 Poland7
116,183 Sweden6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

20 years old merchant Herm. Westermann who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on June 14, 1852 by Commerce put out from Bremen. 29 years old Louis Westermann, John Westermann, aged 22, Farmer Madlaine Westermann, 19 years old Jacob Westermann, Elisab. Westermann, Catharine Westermann, aged 40, Christoph Westermann, aged 25, Josephine Westermann, and 354 other Westermann around 57.14% of whom were farmer while others worked as joiner and servant, brewer, peasant, daughter, turner, smith, laborer, painter, carpenter, clerk, butcher, rentier, stone cutter, student migrated to US.

Westermann Namesakes

  • Diedrich Hermann Westermann, German missionary, Africanist, and linguist
  • Bernt Wilhelm Westermann, wealthy Danish businessman who collected insects
  • François Joseph Westermann, French general of the Revolutionary Wars and political figure of the French Revolution
  • Claus Westermann, German Protestant Old Testament scholar
  • Liesel Westermann, retired German discus thrower
  • Heiko Westermann, former German footballer
  • H. C. Westermann, highly influential and important American sculptor and printmaker whose art constituted a scathing commentary on militarism and materialism

Westermann Namesakes

  • Diedrich Hermann Westermann, German missionary, Africanist, and linguist
  • Bernt Wilhelm Westermann, wealthy Danish businessman who collected insects
  • François Joseph Westermann, French general of the Revolutionary Wars and political figure of the French Revolution
  • Claus Westermann, German Protestant Old Testament scholar
  • Liesel Westermann, retired German discus thrower
  • Heiko Westermann, former German footballer
  • H. C. Westermann, highly influential and important American sculptor and printmaker whose art constituted a scathing commentary on militarism and materialism

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