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    The surname Niemeier

    A surname, carried by 1,138 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex N560

    Niemeier: #22,573 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Niemeier #22,573, 1,138 people Niemeier: #22,573 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Niemeier #22,573, 1,138 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Niemeier is more common than 86.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,138 people named Niemeier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 271,305 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,037.

    #22,573
    rank among US surnames
    1,138
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #23,019)

    Who is named Niemeier

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

    97% of people named Niemeier identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Niemeier

    Niemeier 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 Niemeier?
    1,138 people in the United States had the surname Niemeier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,305 Americans. It ranked 22,573rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Niemeier?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Niemeier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Niemeier getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,138 in 2010, up 9.7%.