How common is the surname Kammer?

2,648 people in the United States had the surname Kammer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,596 Americans. It ranked 11,818th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kammer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kammer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kammer?

August Kammer, American ice hockey player (1912–1996).

Where is the surname Kammer most common?

Wikidata records people named Kammer in the United States.

Is the surname Kammer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,044 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,648 in 2010, up 30%.

The surname Kammer

A German surname, carried by 2,648 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kammer is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Kammer.

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 2,648 people named Kammer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,596 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,044.

#11,818

rank among US surnames

2,648

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+29.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,618)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,810	Killough	2,650	116,508
#11,815	Inglis	2,649	116,552
#11,818	Nalls	2,648	116,596
#11,821	Glasper	2,647	116,640

Who is named Kammer

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

96% of people named Kammer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kammers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

August Kammer
American ice hockey player (1912–1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kammer

Kammer has the Soundex code K560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K560.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kammer come from?: Borrowed from German Kammer.
How common is the surname Kammer?: 2,648 people in the United States had the surname Kammer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,596 Americans. It ranked 11,818th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kammer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kammer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kammer?: August Kammer, American ice hockey player (1912–1996).
Where is the surname Kammer most common?: Wikidata records people named Kammer in the United States.
Is the surname Kammer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,044 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,648 in 2010, up 30%.