How common is the surname Coomer?

4,331 people in the United States had the surname Coomer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,287 Americans. It ranked 7,668th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Coomer getting more or less common?

More common. 4,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,331 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Coomer

A surname, carried by 4,331 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coomer is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,331 people named Coomer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,287 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,171.

#7,668

rank among US surnames

4,331

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,362)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,663	Gillman	4,334	71,238
#7,665	Knorr	4,333	71,254
#7,666	Moorhead	4,332	71,271
#7,668	Seibel	4,331	71,287
#7,671	Whitted	4,330	71,304

Who is named Coomer

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

95% of people named Coomer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coomer

Coomer has the Soundex code C560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C560.

Questions

How common is the surname Coomer?: 4,331 people in the United States had the surname Coomer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,287 Americans. It ranked 7,668th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coomer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Coomer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
Is the surname Coomer getting more or less common?: More common. 4,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,331 in 2010, up 3.8%.