How common is the surname Mortimer?

5,521 people in the United States had the surname Mortimer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,922 Americans. It ranked 6,195th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mortimer?

Emily Mortimer, British actress, followed by John Mortimer.

Where is the surname Mortimer most common?

Wikidata records people named Mortimer in the United Kingdom, the United States and England.

How do you pronounce Mortimer?

Mortimer is /ˈmɔɹtəmɚ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Mortimer getting more or less common?

More common. 5,358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,521 in 2010, up 3.0%.

Is Mortimer also a first name?

Yes. Mortimer is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Mortimer

A French place surname, carried by 5,521 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɔɹtəmɚ/ 3 syllables Soundex M635 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mortimer is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

A habitational surname from Mortemer in France, from Old Northern French, literally meaning “dead pond”.

Mortimer is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,521 people named Mortimer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,922 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,358.

#6,195

rank among US surnames

5,521

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #5,917)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,192	Winder	5,527	55,861
#6,193	Bigham	5,525	55,882
#6,194	Ryals	5,523	55,902
#6,195	Truman	5,521	55,922

Who is named Mortimer

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

87% of people named Mortimer identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mortimers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Emily Mortimer
British actress, born 1971
John Mortimer
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)
Edmund Mortimer
Actor (1874-1944)
James Mortimer
American chess player (1833-1911)
John Hamilton Mortimer
British artist (1740-1779)

Notable Mortimers come mostly from the United Kingdom (2), the United States (2) and England (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Mortymer

Surnames that sound like Mortimer

Mortimer has the Soundex code M635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M635.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mortimer come from?: A habitational surname from Mortemer in France, from Old Northern French, literally meaning “dead pond”.
How common is the surname Mortimer?: 5,521 people in the United States had the surname Mortimer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,922 Americans. It ranked 6,195th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mortimer?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Mortimer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mortimer?: Emily Mortimer, British actress, followed by John Mortimer.
Where is the surname Mortimer most common?: Wikidata records people named Mortimer in the United Kingdom, the United States and England.
How do you pronounce Mortimer?: Mortimer is /ˈmɔɹtəmɚ/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Mortimer?: Mortimer is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Mortimer getting more or less common?: More common. 5,358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,521 in 2010, up 3.0%.
What are other spellings of Mortimer?: Mortymer.
Is Mortimer also a first name?: Yes. Mortimer is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.