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    The surname Diemer

    A surname, carried by 2,154 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D560

    Diemer: #13,991 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Diemer #13,991, 2,154 people Diemer: #13,991 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Diemer #13,991, 2,154 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Diemer is more common than 91.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,154 people named Diemer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,336 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,111.

    #13,991
    rank among US surnames
    2,154
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,256)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,985Chatterjee2,155143,269
    #13,991Arellanes2,154143,336
    #13,997Heimann2,153143,402

    Who is named Diemer

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

    96% of people named Diemer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Diemers

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Brian Diemer
      American athletics competitor (born 1961)
    • Emma Lou Diemer
      American composer (1927–2024)
    • Walter Diemer
      American inventor (1904-1998)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Diemer

    Diemer has the Soundex code D560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Diemer?
    2,154 people in the United States had the surname Diemer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,336 Americans. It ranked 13,991st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Diemer?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Diemer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Diemer?
    Brian Diemer, American athletics competitor (born 1961), followed by Emma Lou Diemer.
    Where is the surname Diemer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Diemer in the United States.
    Is the surname Diemer getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,154 in 2010, up 2.0%.