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The surname Jerman

A surname, carried by 1,196 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J655

Jerman: #21,750 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Jerman #21,750, 1,196 people Jerman: #21,750 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Jerman #21,750, 1,196 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jerman is more common than 86.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,196 people named Jerman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,148 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,207.

#21,750
rank among US surnames
1,196
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-0.9%
change since 2000 (was #20,446)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#21,750Celli1,196258,148
#21,759Finnigan1,195258,364

Who is named Jerman

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

77% of people named Jerman identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 77%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jerman

Jerman has the Soundex code J655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J655.

Questions

How common is the surname Jerman?
1,196 people in the United States had the surname Jerman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,148 Americans. It ranked 21,750th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jerman?
In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Jerman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Jerman getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,207 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,196 in 2010, down 0.9%.