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    The surname Hemmer

    A surname, carried by 2,549 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H560

    Hemmer: #12,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hemmer #12,215, 2,549 people Hemmer: #12,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hemmer #12,215, 2,549 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hemmer is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,549 people named Hemmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,124 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,463.

    #12,215
    rank among US surnames
    2,549
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #11,671)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,208Getchell2,551121,029
    #12,212Wicklund2,550121,077
    #12,215Hemmer2,549121,124
    #12,218Hover2,548121,172
    #12,221Berrier2,547121,219

    Who is named Hemmer

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

    95% of people named Hemmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hemmer

    Hemmer has the Soundex code H560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hemmer?
    2,549 people in the United States had the surname Hemmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,124 Americans. It ranked 12,215th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hemmer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hemmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Hemmer getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,549 in 2010, up 3.5%.