How common is the surname Emmer?

1,322 people in the United States had the surname Emmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,544 Americans. It ranked 20,172nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Emmer?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Emmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Emmer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,322 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Emmer

A surname, carried by 1,322 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Emmer is more common than 87.6% of them.

Origin

* As a German surname, from the noun Emmer (“grain”). * Also as a German surname, from the adjective eben (“smooth, even”) + the suffix -er. * As a Dutch surname, from the personal name Emmert, from the old Germanic name Emhard, see Emmert. Or, from the name Egmar, from *aggju (“sharp point of a sword”) + *mārī (“famous”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun emmer (“bucket”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,322 people named Emmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,544 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,183.

#20,172

rank among US surnames

1,322

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+11.7%

change since 2000 (was #20,763)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,165	Meckley	1,323	233,368
#20,172	Melchior	1,322	233,544

Who is named Emmer

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

94% of people named Emmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

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

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Surnames that sound like Emmer

Emery

Emmer has the Soundex code E560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E560.

Questions

Where does the surname Emmer come from?: * As a German surname, from the noun Emmer (“grain”). * Also as a German surname, from the adjective eben (“smooth, even”) + the suffix -er. * As a Dutch surname, from the personal name Emmert, from the old Germanic name Emhard, see Emmert. Or, from the name Egmar, from *aggju (“sharp point of a…
How common is the surname Emmer?: 1,322 people in the United States had the surname Emmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,544 Americans. It ranked 20,172nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Emmer?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Emmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Emmer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,322 in 2010, up 12%.