How common is the surname Emig?

2,083 people in the United States had the surname Emig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,222 Americans. It ranked 14,358th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Emig?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Emig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Emig getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,083 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Emig

A surname, carried by 2,083 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Emig is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,083 people named Emig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,222 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,087.

#14,358

rank among US surnames

2,083

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #13,386)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,349	Moir	2,085	148,079
#14,356	Maida	2,084	148,150
#14,358	Spatz	2,083	148,222
#14,363	Heinrichs	2,082	148,293

Who is named Emig

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

95% of people named Emig identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

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

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Emig

Emigh

Emig has the Soundex code E520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E520.

Questions

How common is the surname Emig?: 2,083 people in the United States had the surname Emig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,222 Americans. It ranked 14,358th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Emig?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Emig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Emig getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,083 in 2010, down 0.2%.