The surname Gomer
A surname, carried by 1,293 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G560
Origin
From Biblical Hebrew גֹּמֶר (gōmer). Compare Ancient Greek Κιμμέριος (Kimmérios) and Neo-Assyrian 𒆳𒄀𒂇𒊏𒀀𒀀 (Gimirrāya).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,293 people named Gomer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. That is down 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,412.
Who is named Gomer
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
80% of people named Gomer identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 80%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
- Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
- Two or more races 0.8%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Gomer has the Soundex code G560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G560.
Questions
- Where does the surname Gomer come from?
- From Biblical Hebrew גֹּמֶר (gōmer). Compare Ancient Greek Κιμμέριος (Kimmérios) and Neo-Assyrian 𒆳𒄀𒂇𒊏𒀀𒀀 (Gimirrāya).
- How common is the surname Gomer?
- 1,293 people in the United States had the surname Gomer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gomer?
- In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Gomer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Gomer getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, down 8.4%.