How common is the surname Hemminger?

1,567 people in the United States had the surname Hemminger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. It ranked 17,851st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hemminger?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hemminger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hemminger getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,567 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Hemminger

A surname, carried by 1,567 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hemminger is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,567 people named Hemminger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,588.

#17,851

rank among US surnames

1,567

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #16,625)

Who is named Hemminger

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

96% of people named Hemminger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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 Hemminger

Hemminger has the Soundex code H552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H552.

Questions

How common is the surname Hemminger?: 1,567 people in the United States had the surname Hemminger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. It ranked 17,851st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hemminger?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hemminger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hemminger getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,567 in 2010, down 1.3%.