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    The surname Gaumer

    A German surname, carried by 887 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G560

    Gaumer: #27,260 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gaumer #27,260, 887 people Gaumer: #27,260 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gaumer #27,260, 887 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaumer is more common than 83.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From the German Gaumer, which referred to a person who functioned as a moral censor or supervisor in an official capacity. The German surname is a derivative of the verb gaumen (“to protect, to defend; to care for”), a term now limited to Switzerland. This verb in turn comes from Middle High German goumen, from Old High German goumen, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, notice, observe, keep”). The verb is ultimately a cognate of the obsolete English verb yeme (“to observe, to pay attention”).

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 887 people named Gaumer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 348,078 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,034.

    #27,260
    rank among US surnames
    887
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -14.2%
    change since 2000 (was #23,072)

    Who is named Gaumer

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

    95% of people named Gaumer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Gaumer

    Gaumer has the Soundex code G560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G560.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gaumer come from?
    From the German Gaumer, which referred to a person who functioned as a moral censor or supervisor in an official capacity. The German surname is a derivative of the verb gaumen (“to protect, to defend; to care for”), a term now limited to Switzerland. This verb in turn comes from Middle High…
    How common is the surname Gaumer?
    887 people in the United States had the surname Gaumer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 348,078 Americans. It ranked 27,260th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gaumer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gaumer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Gaumer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 887 in 2010, down 14%.