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    The surname Neumeyer

    A surname, carried by 1,266 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex N560

    Neumeyer: #20,843 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Neumeyer #20,843, 1,266 people Neumeyer: #20,843 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Neumeyer #20,843, 1,266 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Neumeyer is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,266 people named Neumeyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,875 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,236.

    #20,843
    rank among US surnames
    1,266
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,072)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,843Callaham1,266243,875
    #20,852Dickert1,265244,068

    Who is named Neumeyer

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

    95% of people named Neumeyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Neumeyer

    Neumeyer has the Soundex code N560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Neumeyer?
    1,266 people in the United States had the surname Neumeyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,875 Americans. It ranked 20,843rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Neumeyer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Neumeyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Neumeyer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,236 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,266 in 2010, up 2.4%.