How common is the surname Hummer?

3,203 people in the United States had the surname Hummer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,393 Americans. It ranked 10,064th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hummer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hummer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hummer?

Ian Hummer, American basketball player.

Where is the surname Hummer most common?

Wikidata records people named Hummer in Azerbaijan.

Is the surname Hummer getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,510 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,203 in 2010, down 8.7%.

The surname Hummer

A German surname, carried by 3,203 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hummer is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

From the German and West Frisian surname, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugô, *hugiz (“mind”) + *mērijaz (“famous”). Related to Hugh and the first element of Merovingian.

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 3,203 people named Hummer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,393 Americans. That is down 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,510.

#10,064

rank among US surnames

3,203

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-8.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,626)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,059	Wesolowski	3,204	96,363
#10,064	O'Brian	3,203	96,393
#10,068	Creager	3,202	96,423
#10,072	Cranston	3,200	96,483

Who is named Hummer

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

95% of people named Hummer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hummers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ian Hummer
American basketball player, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hummer

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hummer come from?: From the German and West Frisian surname, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugô, *hugiz (“mind”) + *mērijaz (“famous”). Related to Hugh and the first element of Merovingian.
How common is the surname Hummer?: 3,203 people in the United States had the surname Hummer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,393 Americans. It ranked 10,064th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hummer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hummer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hummer?: Ian Hummer, American basketball player.
Where is the surname Hummer most common?: Wikidata records people named Hummer in Azerbaijan.
Is the surname Hummer getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,510 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,203 in 2010, down 8.7%.