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    The surname Lemmer

    A surname, carried by 1,723 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L560

    Lemmer: #16,635 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lemmer #16,635, 1,723 people Lemmer: #16,635 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lemmer #16,635, 1,723 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lemmer is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,723 people named Lemmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,191 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,556.

    #16,635
    rank among US surnames
    1,723
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.7%
    change since 2000 (was #16,880)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,630Vanriper1,724179,087
    #16,635Debellis1,723179,191
    #16,641Cornette1,722179,295
    #16,644Pinard1,721179,399

    Who is named Lemmer

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

    97% of people named Lemmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lemmer

    Lemmer 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 Lemmer?
    1,723 people in the United States had the surname Lemmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,191 Americans. It ranked 16,635th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lemmer?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Lemmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Lemmer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,723 in 2010, up 11%.