How common is the surname Berkheimer?

1,181 people in the United States had the surname Berkheimer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,427 Americans. It ranked 21,972nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Berkheimer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Berkheimer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Berkheimer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,181 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Berkheimer

A surname, carried by 1,181 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berkheimer is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,181 people named Berkheimer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 261,427 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,157.

#21,972

rank among US surnames

1,181

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #21,142)

Who is named Berkheimer

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

96% of people named Berkheimer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Berkheimer

Berkman

Berkheimer has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

Questions

How common is the surname Berkheimer?: 1,181 people in the United States had the surname Berkheimer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,427 Americans. It ranked 21,972nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Berkheimer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Berkheimer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Berkheimer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,181 in 2010, up 2.1%.