Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Kummer

    A German surname, carried by 3,354 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K560

    Kummer: #9,679 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kummer #9,679, 3,354 people Kummer: #9,679 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kummer #9,679, 3,354 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kummer is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * 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.

    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 3,354 people named Kummer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,053 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,782.

    #9,679
    rank among US surnames
    3,354
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.6%
    change since 2000 (was #10,582)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,672Vanlandingham3,35592,025
    #9,679Kummer3,35492,053
    #9,683Garrard3,35392,080
    #9,684Blanc3,35292,108
    #9,686Kunze3,35192,135
    #9,687Scholten3,35092,163

    Who is named Kummer

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

    96% of people named Kummer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kummers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Eberhard Kummer
      Austrian singer (1940–2019)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Kummer

    Kummer 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 Kummer come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Kummer?
    3,354 people in the United States had the surname Kummer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,053 Americans. It ranked 9,679th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kummer?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kummer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Kummer?
    Eberhard Kummer, Austrian singer (1940–2019).
    Where is the surname Kummer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kummer in Austria.
    Is the surname Kummer getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,782 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,354 in 2010, up 21%.