How common is the surname Kammerer?

3,659 people in the United States had the surname Kammerer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,380 Americans. It ranked 8,946th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kammerer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kammerer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kammerer?

Felix Kammerer, Austrian actor, followed by Paul Kammerer.

Where is the surname Kammerer most common?

Wikidata records people named Kammerer in Austria.

Is the surname Kammerer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,659 in 2010, up 7.2%.

The surname Kammerer

A German surname, carried by 3,659 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K566

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kammerer is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Kämmerer.

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 3,659 people named Kammerer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,380 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,412.

#8,946

rank among US surnames

3,659

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,836)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,939	Cram	3,662	84,311
#8,941	Zhen	3,661	84,334
#8,944	Koger	3,660	84,357
#8,946	Blackstone	3,659	84,380
#8,950	Clyde	3,658	84,403
#8,951	Starcher	3,657	84,426

Who is named Kammerer

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

95% of people named Kammerer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kammerers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Felix Kammerer
Austrian actor, born 1995
Paul Kammerer
Austrian scientist (1880-1926)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Kemerer
Kemmerer

Surnames that sound like Kammerer

Kemmerer

Kammerer has the Soundex code K566, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K566.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kammerer come from?: Borrowed from German Kämmerer.
How common is the surname Kammerer?: 3,659 people in the United States had the surname Kammerer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,380 Americans. It ranked 8,946th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kammerer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kammerer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kammerer?: Felix Kammerer, Austrian actor, followed by Paul Kammerer.
Where is the surname Kammerer most common?: Wikidata records people named Kammerer in Austria.
Is the surname Kammerer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,659 in 2010, up 7.2%.
What are other spellings of Kammerer?: Kemerer and Kemmerer.