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    The surname Niemeyer

    A surname, carried by 4,332 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex N560

    Niemeyer: #7,666 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Niemeyer #7,666, 4,332 people Niemeyer: #7,666 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Niemeyer #7,666, 4,332 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Niemeyer is more common than 95.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,332 people named Niemeyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,271 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,221.

    #7,666
    rank among US surnames
    4,332
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #7,281)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,662Desjardins4,33571,222
    #7,663Gillman4,33471,238
    #7,665Knorr4,33371,254
    #7,666Moorhead4,33271,271
    #7,668Seibel4,33171,287

    Who is named Niemeyer

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

    95% of people named Niemeyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Niemeyers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Oscar Niemeyer
      Brazilian architect (1907–2012)
    • Otto Niemeyer
      British banker, 1883–1971

    Notable Niemeyers come mostly from Brazil (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Niemeyer

    Niemeyer 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 Niemeyer?
    4,332 people in the United States had the surname Niemeyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,271 Americans. It ranked 7,666th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Niemeyer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Niemeyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Niemeyer?
    Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect (1907–2012), followed by Otto Niemeyer.
    Where is the surname Niemeyer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Niemeyer in Brazil and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Niemeyer getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,332 in 2010, up 2.6%.