How common is the surname Bemis?

4,722 people in the United States had the surname Bemis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,384 Americans. It ranked 7,093rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bemis?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bemis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bemis getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,722 in 2010, down 1.6%.

The surname Bemis

A surname, carried by 4,722 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bemis is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,722 people named Bemis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,384 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,799.

#7,093

rank among US surnames

4,722

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,519)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,086	Metcalfe	4,725	65,343
#7,088	Alfano	4,724	65,357
#7,091	Dai	4,723	65,371
#7,093	Landin	4,722	65,384
#7,096	Creed	4,718	65,440
#7,098	Izzo	4,717	65,454

Who is named Bemis

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Bemis identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bemis

Bemis has the Soundex code B520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B520.

Questions

How common is the surname Bemis?: 4,722 people in the United States had the surname Bemis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,384 Americans. It ranked 7,093rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bemis?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bemis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bemis getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,722 in 2010, down 1.6%.