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    The surname Mumme

    A German surname, carried by 615 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mumme is more common than 77.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * As a German surname, from Mumme, a variant of Mumm, from the personal name Mummo, ultimately from a Germanic name corresponding to *mundō (“protection”) + *mōdaz (“courage”). * As a Swabian/Alemannic German surname, from the verb mummen (“to mumble”).

    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 615 people named Mumme in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 502,025 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 584.

    #36,379
    rank among US surnames
    615
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #36,232)

    Who is named Mumme

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

    95% of people named Mumme identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Mummey

    Surnames that sound like Mumme

    Mumme has the Soundex code M500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M500.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mumme come from?
    * As a German surname, from Mumme, a variant of Mumm, from the personal name Mummo, ultimately from a Germanic name corresponding to *mundō (“protection”) + *mōdaz (“courage”). * As a Swabian/Alemannic German surname, from the verb mummen (“to mumble”).
    How common is the surname Mumme?
    615 people in the United States had the surname Mumme in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 502,025 Americans. It ranked 36,379th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mumme?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mumme identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Mumme getting more or less common?
    More common. 584 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 615 in 2010, up 5.3%.
    What are other spellings of Mumme?
    Mummey.