# Kummer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kummer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,354 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,679 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 92,053 people |
| Change since 2000 | +21% (2,782 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Kummer (“distress, grief”). * Also as a German and Swiss German surname, from a derivative of the medieval personal name Kunemar, from Old High German kuoni (“bold”) + mari (“fame”). * As a Slavic surname, Germanized from Upper Sorbian Komor, Komar, from komor (“mosquito, gnat”), see Kommer. Also sometimes Germanized from Kumer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kummer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kummer in Austria.

## People named Kummer

- Eberhard Kummer, Austrian singer (1940–2019)

## Similar surnames

Kumar, Kammer, Kemmer, Kumari, Keener, Kamara, Kenner, Knorr, Kimura, Knauer, Kinnear, Kinner.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.