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    The surname Lemire

    A surname, carried by 3,507 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L560

    Lemire: #9,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lemire #9,281, 3,507 people Lemire: #9,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lemire #9,281, 3,507 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lemire is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,507 people named Lemire in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,037 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,364.

    #9,281
    rank among US surnames
    3,507
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #8,936)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,274Cluff3,51087,962
    #9,276Calderone3,50987,987
    #9,279Spies3,50888,012
    #9,281Tarter3,50788,037
    #9,283Creasy3,50688,062
    #9,286Clack3,50588,087

    Who is named Lemire

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

    95% of people named Lemire identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lemire

    Lemire has the Soundex code L560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lemire?
    3,507 people in the United States had the surname Lemire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,037 Americans. It ranked 9,281st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lemire?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lemire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lemire getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,364 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,507 in 2010, up 4.3%.