How common is the surname Dummer?

1,409 people in the United States had the surname Dummer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. It ranked 19,242nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dummer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,340 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,409 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Dummer

A surname, carried by 1,409 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dummer is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

In Hampshire, recorded as Dunmere in 1086 (DB), from Old English dūn + mere (pond on a hill). The surname possibly originates from Hampshire.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,409 people named Dummer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,340.

#19,242

rank among US surnames

1,409

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #18,870)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,234	Selle	1,410	218,968
#19,242	Stuhr	1,409	219,124

Who is named Dummer

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

96% of people named Dummer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Dumper

Surnames that sound like Dummer

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

Questions

Where does the surname Dummer come from?: In Hampshire, recorded as Dunmere in 1086 (DB), from Old English dūn + mere (pond on a hill). The surname possibly originates from Hampshire.
How common is the surname Dummer?: 1,409 people in the United States had the surname Dummer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. It ranked 19,242nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dummer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dummer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as two or more races.
Is the surname Dummer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,340 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,409 in 2010, up 5.1%.
What are other spellings of Dummer?: Dumper.