How common is the surname Nemec?

3,199 people in the United States had the surname Nemec in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,513 Americans. It ranked 10,075th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nemec?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Nemec identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Nemec?

Corin Nemec, American actor and producer, followed by Horst Nemec.

Where is the surname Nemec most common?

Wikidata records people named Nemec in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Nemec getting more or less common?

More common. 3,180 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,199 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Nemec

A surname, carried by 3,199 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nemec is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,199 people named Nemec in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,513 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,180.

#10,075

rank among US surnames

3,199

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,393)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,068	Creager	3,202	96,423
#10,072	Cranston	3,200	96,483
#10,075	Nemec	3,199	96,513
#10,079	Gaudette	3,198	96,543
#10,082	Kiker	3,197	96,574

Who is named Nemec

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

96% of people named Nemec identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nemecs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Corin Nemec
American actor and producer, born 1971
Horst Nemec
Austrian footballer (1939-1984)
André Nemec
American screenwriter and producer, born 1972

Notable Nemecs come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Nemec

Niemiec

Nemec has the Soundex code N520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N520.

Questions

How common is the surname Nemec?: 3,199 people in the United States had the surname Nemec in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,513 Americans. It ranked 10,075th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nemec?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Nemec identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Nemec?: Corin Nemec, American actor and producer, followed by Horst Nemec.
Where is the surname Nemec most common?: Wikidata records people named Nemec in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Nemec getting more or less common?: More common. 3,180 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,199 in 2010, up 0.6%.