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    The surname Dettmer

    A surname, carried by 1,289 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D356

    Dettmer: #20,565 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dettmer #20,565, 1,289 people Dettmer: #20,565 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dettmer #20,565, 1,289 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dettmer is more common than 87.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,289 people named Dettmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,523 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,281.

    #20,565
    rank among US surnames
    1,289
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #19,503)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,565Elmi1,289239,523
    #20,574Follmer1,288239,709

    Who is named Dettmer

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

    95% of people named Dettmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    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 Dettmer

    Dettmer has the Soundex code D356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D356.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dettmer?
    1,289 people in the United States had the surname Dettmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,523 Americans. It ranked 20,565th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dettmer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dettmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Dettmer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,289 in 2010, up 0.6%.