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    The surname Drummer

    A surname, carried by 2,143 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D656

    Drummer: #14,050 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Drummer #14,050, 2,143 people Drummer: #14,050 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Drummer #14,050, 2,143 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drummer is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,143 people named Drummer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,072 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,842.

    #14,050
    rank among US surnames
    2,143
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.3%
    change since 2000 (was #14,783)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,042Viator2,145143,937
    #14,046Jolliff2,144144,004
    #14,050Tiner2,143144,072
    #14,058Stringfield2,142144,139

    Who is named Drummer

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

    58% of people named Drummer identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 58%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Drummer

    Drummer has the Soundex code D656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D656.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Drummer?
    2,143 people in the United States had the surname Drummer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,072 Americans. It ranked 14,050th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Drummer?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Drummer identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Drummer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,143 in 2010, up 16%.