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The surname Ouimette

A French surname, carried by 1,017 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O530

Ouimette: #24,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ouimette #24,572, 1,017 people Ouimette: #24,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ouimette #24,572, 1,017 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ouimette is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

French origin

Canadian spelling of French Ouimet.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,017 people named Ouimette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 923.

#24,572
rank among US surnames
1,017
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+10.2%
change since 2000 (was #25,199)

Who is named Ouimette

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

94% of people named Ouimette identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
  • Two or more races 1.9%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ouimette

Ouimette has the Soundex code O530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O530.

Other French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ouimette come from?
Canadian spelling of French Ouimet.
How common is the surname Ouimette?
1,017 people in the United States had the surname Ouimette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. It ranked 24,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ouimette?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ouimette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ouimette getting more or less common?
More common. 923 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,017 in 2010, up 10%.