How common is the surname Creamer?

8,255 people in the United States had the surname Creamer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,401 Americans. It ranked 4,305th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Creamer?

Timothy Creamer, American astronaut, followed by Paula Creamer.

Where is the surname Creamer most common?

Wikidata records people named Creamer in the United States.

Is the surname Creamer getting more or less common?

More common. 8,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,255 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Creamer

An English occupational surname, carried by 8,255 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Creamer is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

Occupational surname for a seller of dairy products, from an agent derivative of Middle English creme (“cream”).

Creamer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,255 people named Creamer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,401 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,185.

#4,305

rank among US surnames

8,255

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,983)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,297	Rousseau	8,270	37,333
#4,298	Landa	8,267	37,347
#4,299	Bracken	8,265	37,356
#4,300	Santacruz	8,264	37,360
#4,302	Withrow	8,262	37,369
#4,303	True	8,261	37,374
#4,304	Furr	8,260	37,378

Who is named Creamer

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

90% of people named Creamer identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Creamers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Timothy Creamer
American astronaut, born 1959
Paula Creamer
American golfer, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Creamer

Creamer has the Soundex code C656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C656.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Creamer come from?: Occupational surname for a seller of dairy products, from an agent derivative of Middle English creme (“cream”).
How common is the surname Creamer?: 8,255 people in the United States had the surname Creamer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,401 Americans. It ranked 4,305th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Creamer?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Creamer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Creamer?: Timothy Creamer, American astronaut, followed by Paula Creamer.
Where is the surname Creamer most common?: Wikidata records people named Creamer in the United States.
What type of surname is Creamer?: Creamer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Creamer getting more or less common?: More common. 8,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,255 in 2010, up 0.9%.