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    The surname Nemeth

    A surname, carried by 8,362 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N530

    Nemeth: #4,241 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Nemeth #4,241, 8,362 people Nemeth: #4,241 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nemeth #4,241, 8,362 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nemeth is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    From Hungarian Németh, from német (“German”). The system of braille is named for Abraham Nemeth.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,362 people named Nemeth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,922 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,150.

    #4,241
    rank among US surnames
    8,362
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,002)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,232Piazza8,37236,878
    #4,234Prewitt8,37136,883
    #4,235Fu8,37036,887
    #4,236Covert8,36936,892
    #4,238Mariscal8,36836,896
    #4,239Houle8,36436,914
    #4,240Hales8,36336,918

    Who is named Nemeth

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

    95% of people named Nemeth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Nemeths

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Miklós Németh
      (1946–) Hungarian javelin thrower
    • Evi Nemeth
      American engineer (1940–2013)
    • David Nemeth
      Austrian association football player, born 2001
    • Zsolt Németh
      Athletics competitor (1971–)
    • Abraham Nemeth
      American mathematician (1918–2013)
    • Ryan Nemeth
      American professional wrestler, born 1984
    • Dolph Ziggler
      American professional wrestler (born 1980)

    Notable Nemeths come mostly from the United States (4), Hungary (2) and Austria (1).

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nemeth come from?
    From Hungarian Németh, from német (“German”). The system of braille is named for Abraham Nemeth.
    How common is the surname Nemeth?
    8,362 people in the United States had the surname Nemeth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,922 Americans. It ranked 4,241st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nemeth?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nemeth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Nemeth?
    Miklós Németh, (1946–) Hungarian javelin thrower, followed by Evi Nemeth.
    Where is the surname Nemeth most common?
    Wikidata records people named Nemeth in the United States, Hungary and Austria.
    Is the surname Nemeth getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,362 in 2010, up 2.6%.