Amish Last Name Generator
Amish and Plain community family names
Surnames found among the Amish and the wider Plain communities, one per entry: Stoltzfus, Yoder, Hochstetler and Swartzentruber beside labeled names such as Zimmerman (Old Order Mennonite) and Hofer (Hutterite).
About Amish last names
The Amish trace back to Swiss and south German Anabaptists, and the division that gave them their name dates to 1693 under Jakob Ammann. Families reached Pennsylvania in the 1700s, and a second wave settled in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Ontario in the 1800s. Few outsiders have joined since, so a small stock of family names is shared across whole communities, and each settlement has its own mix. Stoltzfus, King, Fisher, Beiler and Lapp point to Lancaster County. Miller, Yoder, Troyer, Hershberger and Raber fill Holmes County, Ohio, while Schwartz, Hilty, Wickey and Girod belong to the Swiss Amish of Adams County, Indiana.
Spellings settled differently from branch to branch, which is why Hochstetler sits beside Hostetler, Schmucker beside Smucker and Bontrager beside Borntrager, and why older forms such as Joder and König appear too. Entries without a label are Amish family names, in current or older spellings. The rest carry a label for the related Plain group they are best known in: Amish Mennonite, Old Order Mennonite, Mennonite, Hutterite, Brethren or River Brethren.
A surname alone says nothing certain about a person's faith or ancestry. Miller, King and Fisher are common far outside these communities, and many names are shared between groups.
How to choose Amish last names
- Match the surname to the settlement. A Lancaster County story wants Stoltzfus, Esh or Glick, Holmes County wants Troyer, Raber or Schlabach, and the Swiss Amish of Indiana want Schwartz, Hilty or Girod.
- Pick one spelling per family and keep it. Hostetler and Hochstetler share a root, but a household uses one form.
- Read the label before you use a labeled name. Hofer and Waldner are Hutterite names from the prairie colonies, not Amish ones, and Martin or Nolt suggests an Old Order Mennonite family.
- Pair the surname with a first name from the same tradition. Biblical and long-used names such as Amos, Levi, Sarah and Rebecca are the usual partners.
- These are the names of living families and communities. In fiction, write the people who carry them as people first.
Frequently asked questions
What are the most common Amish last names?
It depends on the settlement. In Lancaster County the names you meet most are Stoltzfus, King, Fisher, Beiler and Lapp, while in Holmes County, Ohio, and northern Indiana they are Miller, Yoder, Troyer, Hershberger and Bontrager. The page gives no percentages, because counts differ from one settlement and one year to the next.
Why do so many Amish families share the same surname?
The communities grew from a fairly small number of immigrant families, most members are born into the church rather than joining it, and marriages are usually within it. The result is a short list of surnames spread over a large population. Neighbors tell each other apart with middle initials and nicknames.
Why does one name have several spellings?
Most of these names came from Swiss German and were written down by clerks in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Ontario who spelled by ear. Each branch kept whichever form stuck, so Hochstetler, Hostetler and Hochstedler all survive, as do Schwartzentruber and Swartzentruber or Kauffman and Kaufman. The list gives every form its own entry.
What do the labels in parentheses mean?
An entry with no label is an Amish family name, in a current or an older spelling. A label names the related group a surname is best known in, as in Zimmerman (Old Order Mennonite), Hofer (Hutterite) or Studebaker (Brethren). Amish Mennonite marks families from congregations of Amish origin, many of them 1800s immigrants to Illinois, Iowa, New York and Ontario, that later joined Mennonite conferences. A label points to where a name is common and says nothing sure about any one person.
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All 500 Amish last names
A: 10 names
- Aeschliman (Amish Mennonite)
- Albrecht
- Alderfer (Mennonite)
- Algyer
- Allebach (Mennonite)
- Allgyer
- Amstutz (Mennonite)
- Augsburger (Amish Mennonite)
- Augspurger (Amish Mennonite)
- Auker (Old Order Mennonite)
B: 61 names
- Bachman (Amish Mennonite)
- Baechler (Amish Mennonite)
- Barkman
- Barnhart (Brethren)
- Bashor (Brethren)
- Bast (Amish Mennonite)
- Bauman (Old Order Mennonite)
- Bawell
- Beachey
- Beachy
- Beahm (Brethren)
- Bearinger (Old Order Mennonite)
- Bechler (Amish Mennonite)
- Beckler (Amish Mennonite)
- Beechy
- Beeghly (Brethren)
- Beery (Old Order Mennonite)
- Beiler
- Belsley (Amish Mennonite)
- Bender
- Bergey (Mennonite)
- Berkey (Brethren)
- Betzner (Mennonite)
- Beyeler
- Beyler
- Biehn (Mennonite)
- Birkey (Amish Mennonite)
- Birky (Amish Mennonite)
- Bitsche
- Blank
B, continued
- Blickenstaff (Brethren)
- Blocher (Brethren)
- Blosser (Mennonite)
- Blough (Brethren)
- Bollinger (Brethren)
- Bontrager
- Bontreger
- Borkholder
- Borntrager
- Bornträger
- Borntreger
- Boshart (Amish Mennonite)
- Bowman (Old Order Mennonite)
- Brandenberger
- Brechbill (River Brethren)
- Brenneman
- Bricker (Mennonite)
- Brinser (River Brethren)
- Brower (Brethren)
- Brubacher (Old Order Mennonite)
- Brubaker (Old Order Mennonite)
- Brumbaugh (Brethren)
- Brunk (Mennonite)
- Bucher (Brethren)
- Buckwalter (Mennonite)
- Burkey (Amish Mennonite)
- Burkhalter (Mennonite)
- Burkhart (Old Order Mennonite)
- Burkholder
- Byers (River Brethren)
- Byler
C: 13 names
- Cassel (Brethren)
- Christner
- Chupp
- Clemmer (Mennonite)
- Click (Brethren)
- Climenhaga (River Brethren)
- Cline (Brethren)
- Coblentz
- Coffman (Mennonite)
- Conrad (Amish Mennonite)
- Cressman (Mennonite)
- Cripe (Brethren)
- Crumpacker (Brethren)
D: 10 names
- Decker (Hutterite)
- Deeter (Brethren)
- Delagrange
- Denlinger (Mennonite)
- Derstine (Mennonite)
- Dettweiler
- Detweiler
- Detwiler
- Diener
- Dienner
E: 21 names
- Eash
- Eberly (Old Order Mennonite)
- Ebersol
- Ebersole (Mennonite)
- Eby (Old Order Mennonite)
- Egli (Amish Mennonite)
- Egly (Amish Mennonite)
- Eichelberger (Amish Mennonite)
- Eicher
- Eigsti (Amish Mennonite)
- Eikenberry (Brethren)
- Eller (Brethren)
- Engel (Amish Mennonite)
- Engle (River Brethren)
- Entz (Hutterite)
- Erb
- Esch
- Esh
- Eshelman (Brethren)
- Eshleman (Mennonite)
- Eyster (River Brethren)
F: 14 names
- Falkenstein (Brethren)
- Farmwald
- Farney (Amish Mennonite)
- Fike (Brethren)
- Filbrun (Brethren)
- Fischer
- Fisher
- Flaud
- Flora (Brethren)
- Flory (Brethren)
- Fox (Old Order Mennonite)
- Frantz (Brethren)
- Frey (Old Order Mennonite)
- Fry
G: 34 names
- Garber (Brethren)
- Garman (Old Order Mennonite)
- Garst (Brethren)
- Garver (Brethren)
- Gascho (Amish Mennonite)
- Gautsche (Amish Mennonite)
- Gehman (Mennonite)
- Gerber (Amish Mennonite)
- Gerig (Amish Mennonite)
- Gibbel (Brethren)
- Ginder (River Brethren)
- Gingerich
- Gingery
- Gingrich (Old Order Mennonite)
- Girod
- Gish (Brethren)
- Glanzer (Hutterite)
- Glick
- Glück
- Gnagey
- Gnägi
- Gnagy
- Godshall (Mennonite)
- Goldsmith (Amish Mennonite)
- Good (Old Order Mennonite)
- Graber
- Graybill (Mennonite)
- Grieser (Amish Mennonite)
- Groff (Mennonite)
- Gross (Hutterite)
- Guengerich
- Gunden (Amish Mennonite)
- Güngerich
- Guth (Amish Mennonite)
H: 42 names
- Habegger (Mennonite)
- Harley (Brethren)
- Harnish (Mennonite)
- Harshbarger (Brethren)
- Harshberger
- Hartz
- Hartzler
- Headings (Amish Mennonite)
- Heatwole (Old Order Mennonite)
- Hege (Mennonite)
- Heise (River Brethren)
- Heiser (Amish Mennonite)
- Heisey (River Brethren)
- Helmuth
- Herr (Mennonite)
- Herrfort
- Herschberger
- Hershberger
- Hershey (Mennonite)
- Hertzler
- Hess (Mennonite)
H, continued
- Hiestand (Mennonite)
- High (Old Order Mennonite)
- Hilty
- Hochstedler
- Hochstetler
- Hochstettler
- Hofer (Hutterite)
- Hollinger (Brethren)
- Holly
- Holsinger (Brethren)
- Honderich (Amish Mennonite)
- Hooley
- Hoover (Old Order Mennonite)
- Horning (Old Order Mennonite)
- Horst (Old Order Mennonite)
- Hostetler
- Hostetter (River Brethren)
- Hostettler
- Hunsberger (Mennonite)
- Hurst (Old Order Mennonite)
- Huyard
I: 3 names
- Ikenberry (Brethren)
- Imhoff (Amish Mennonite)
- Iutzi (Amish Mennonite)
J: 6 names
- Jantze (Amish Mennonite)
- Jantzi
- Jess
- Joder
- Jotter
- Jutzi
K: 37 names
- Kanagy
- Kauffman
- Kauffmann
- Kaufman
- Keim
- Kemp
- Kempf (Amish Mennonite)
- Kenagy
- Kendig (Mennonite)
- Kennel (Amish Mennonite)
- Kennell (Amish Mennonite)
- Kilmer (Old Order Mennonite)
- King
- Kinsey (Brethren)
- Kinsinger
- Kinzie (Brethren)
- Kipfer (Amish Mennonite)
- Kleinsasser (Hutterite)
- Kline
- Klopfenstein (Amish Mennonite)
- Knels (Hutterite)
- Knepp
- Knicely (Old Order Mennonite)
- Koblentz
- Koenig
- Kolb (Mennonite)
- König
- Kratz (Mennonite)
- Kraybill (Mennonite)
- Kreider (Mennonite)
- Kremer (Amish Mennonite)
- Kropf (Amish Mennonite)
- Kuepfer
- Kuhns
- Kulp (Mennonite)
- Küpfer
- Kurtz
L: 24 names
- Lambright
- Landis (Mennonite)
- Lantz
- Lapp
- Leaman (Mennonite)
- Leatherman (Brethren)
- Lebold (Amish Mennonite)
- Lehman
- Leichty (Amish Mennonite)
- Leid (Old Order Mennonite)
- Leinbach (Old Order Mennonite)
- Leis (Amish Mennonite)
- Lengacher
- Lesher (River Brethren)
- Lichti (Amish Mennonite)
- Lichty (Brethren)
- Liechty (Mennonite)
- Litwiller (Amish Mennonite)
- Livengood (Brethren)
- Longacre (Mennonite)
- Longenecker (Brethren)
- Lugbill (Amish Mennonite)
- Luginbuhl (Mennonite)
- Lyndaker (Amish Mennonite)
M: 24 names
- Mack (Brethren)
- Maendel (Hutterite)
- Mändel (Hutterite)
- Marner
- Martin (Old Order Mennonite)
- Mast
- Maust
- Mazelin
- Mellinger (Mennonite)
- Mendel (Hutterite)
- Metzger (Old Order Mennonite)
- Metzler (Mennonite)
- Miller
- Minnich (Brethren)
- Mishler
- Moomaw (Brethren)
- Moshier (Amish Mennonite)
- Moyer (Mennonite)
- Müller
- Mullet
- Mullett
- Musselman (Mennonite)
- Musser (Old Order Mennonite)
- Mylin (Mennonite)
N: 20 names
- Naas (Brethren)
- Naff (Brethren)
- Naffziger (Amish Mennonite)
- Nafziger (Amish Mennonite)
- Nead (Brethren)
- Neher (Brethren)
- Neuenschwander
- Newcomer (Mennonite)
- Newswanger (Old Order Mennonite)
- Niesley (River Brethren)
- Nininger (Brethren)
- Nisley
- Nisly
- Nissley
- Nissly
- Noffsinger (Amish Mennonite)
- Noftsier (Amish Mennonite)
- Nofziger (Amish Mennonite)
- Nolt (Old Order Mennonite)
- Nussbaum (Mennonite)
O: 8 names
- Ober (Brethren)
- Oberholtzer (Old Order Mennonite)
- Oesch (Amish Mennonite)
- Orendorff (Amish Mennonite)
- Oswald (Amish Mennonite)
- Otto
- Overholt (Mennonite)
- Oyer (Amish Mennonite)
P: 7 names
- Peachey
- Peachy
- Petersheim
- Petry (Brethren)
- Pfautz (Brethren)
- Plank
- Puterbaugh (Brethren)
Q: 1 name
- Quinter (Brethren)
R: 30 names
- Raber
- Ramer (Old Order Mennonite)
- Ramseyer (Amish Mennonite)
- Rarick (Brethren)
- Rediger (Amish Mennonite)
- Reeser (Amish Mennonite)
- Reiff (Old Order Mennonite)
- Reist (Mennonite)
- Renno
- Replogle (Brethren)
- Reschly (Amish Mennonite)
- Rhodes (Old Order Mennonite)
- Riegsecker
- Riehl
- Ringenberg (Amish Mennonite)
- Ringler (Old Order Mennonite)
- Rissler (Old Order Mennonite)
- Rittenhouse (Mennonite)
- Rocke (Amish Mennonite)
- Roeschley (Amish Mennonite)
- Roggie (Amish Mennonite)
- Roggy (Amish Mennonite)
- Rohrer (Mennonite)
- Ropp (Amish Mennonite)
- Roth (Amish Mennonite)
- Royer (Brethren)
- Ruby (Amish Mennonite)
- Rufenacht (Amish Mennonite)
- Rupp (Amish Mennonite)
- Rychener (Amish Mennonite)
S: 79 names
- Saltzman (Amish Mennonite)
- Salzman (Amish Mennonite)
- Sanger (Brethren)
- Sauder (Old Order Mennonite)
- Sauer (Brethren)
- Sayler (Brethren)
- Saylor (Brethren)
- Schantz (Amish Mennonite)
- Schertz (Amish Mennonite)
- Schlabach
- Schlabaugh
- Schlegel (Amish Mennonite)
- Schmucker
- Schrag (Amish Mennonite)
- Schrock
- Schwartz
- Schwartzendruber
- Schwartzentruber
- Sensenig (Old Order Mennonite)
- Shank (Old Order Mennonite)
- Shantz (Mennonite)
- Sharp
- Shenk (Mennonite)
- Sherk (Mennonite)
- Shetler
- Shideler (Brethren)
- Shirk (Old Order Mennonite)
- Shively (Brethren)
- Short (Amish Mennonite)
- Showalter (Old Order Mennonite)
- Shrock
- Sider (River Brethren)
- Sieber (Amish Mennonite)
- Slabach
- Slabaugh
- Slagel (Amish Mennonite)
- Slagell (Amish Mennonite)
- Slaubaugh
- Smoker
S, continued
- Smucker
- Snavely (Mennonite)
- Snowberger (Brethren)
- Sollenberger (River Brethren)
- Sommer (Amish Mennonite)
- Sommers
- Sower (Brethren)
- Speicher
- Spicher
- Springer (Amish Mennonite)
- Sprunger (Mennonite)
- Stahl (Hutterite)
- Stahly (Amish Mennonite)
- Staker (Amish Mennonite)
- Stalter (Amish Mennonite)
- Stauffer (Old Order Mennonite)
- Steckley (River Brethren)
- Steckly (Amish Mennonite)
- Steinman (Amish Mennonite)
- Steinmann (Amish Mennonite)
- Steury
- Stoll
- Stoltzfoos
- Stoltzfus
- Streicher
- Strite (Mennonite)
- Strubhar (Amish Mennonite)
- Stuckey (Amish Mennonite)
- Studebaker (Brethren)
- Stutsman (Brethren)
- Stutzman
- Stutzmann
- Summy
- Suter (Mennonite)
- Sutter (Amish Mennonite)
- Swarey
- Swartz (Mennonite)
- Swartzendruber
- Swartzentruber
- Swihart (Brethren)
T: 5 names
- Teeter (Brethren)
- Treyer
- Troyer
- Tschetter (Hutterite)
- Tschopp
U: 5 names
- Ulery (Brethren)
- Ulrich (Amish Mennonite)
- Umble
- Unzicker (Amish Mennonite)
- Urner (Brethren)
V: 2 names
- Verkler (Amish Mennonite)
- Virkler (Amish Mennonite)
W: 28 names
- Wagler
- Waldner (Hutterite)
- Walter (Hutterite)
- Wampler (Brethren)
- Weaver
- Weber (Old Order Mennonite)
- Weirich
- Wenger (Old Order Mennonite)
- Wengerd
- Whetstone
- Wickey
- Wideman (Mennonite)
- Widmer (Amish Mennonite)
- Widrick (Amish Mennonite)
- Wine (Brethren)
- Wingard
- Winger (Brethren)
- Wingert (River Brethren)
- Wipf (Hutterite)
- Wisler (Old Order Mennonite)
- Witmer (Mennonite)
- Wittmer
- Wolgemuth (River Brethren)
- Wollman (Hutterite)
- Wollmann (Hutterite)
- Wurtz (Hutterite)
- Wurz (Hutterite)
- Wyse (Amish Mennonite)
Y: 7 names
- Yantzi (Amish Mennonite)
- Yeackley (Amish Mennonite)
- Yoder
- Yordy (Amish Mennonite)
- Yousey (Amish Mennonite)
- Yutzi
- Yutzy