The surname Jeremiah
A Latin surname, carried by 1,579 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/ 4 syllables Soundex J650 Also a first name
Origin
Latin origin
Learned borrowing from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”). Doublet of Jeremias.
One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,579 people named Jeremiah in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,532 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,244.
Who is named Jeremiah
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
46% of people named Jeremiah identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 9.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 46%
- Black (not Hispanic) 32%
- Two or more races 9.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 5.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 3.0%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Jeremiah
Jeremiah has the Soundex code J650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J650.
Other Latin surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Jeremiah come from?
- Learned borrowing from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”). Doublet of Jeremias.
- How common is the surname Jeremiah?
- 1,579 people in the United States had the surname Jeremiah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,532 Americans. It ranked 17,745th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Jeremiah?
- In the 2010 Census, 46% of people named Jeremiah identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Jeremiah?
- Jeremiah is /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/, 4 syllables.
- Is the surname Jeremiah getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,244 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,579 in 2010, up 27%.
- Is Jeremiah also a first name?
- Yes. Jeremiah is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.