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    The surname Harmer

    A surname, carried by 2,515 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H656

    Harmer: #12,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Harmer #12,362, 2,515 people Harmer: #12,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Harmer #12,362, 2,515 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harmer is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,515 people named Harmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,762 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,416.

    #12,362
    rank among US surnames
    2,515
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,864)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,357Desrochers2,516122,713
    #12,362Bart2,515122,762
    #12,370Mikel2,514122,810

    Who is named Harmer

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

    93% of people named Harmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Harmers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Barbara Harmer
      Airline pilot, 1953–2011

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Harmer

    Harmer has the Soundex code H656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H656.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Harmer?
    2,515 people in the United States had the surname Harmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,762 Americans. It ranked 12,362nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Harmer?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Harmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Harmer?
    Barbara Harmer, Airline pilot.
    Where is the surname Harmer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Harmer in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Harmer getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,416 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,515 in 2010, up 4.1%.