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    The surname Premo

    A surname, carried by 1,963 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P650

    Premo: #15,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Premo #15,048, 1,963 people Premo: #15,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Premo #15,048, 1,963 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Premo is more common than 90.7% of them.

    Origin

    From the French surname, Americanized from Primeau.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,963 people named Premo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,282 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,048.

    #15,048
    rank among US surnames
    1,963
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,596)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,043Gerow1,964157,202
    #15,048Premo1,963157,282
    #15,052Linger1,962157,363
    #15,056Goetsch1,961157,443

    Who is named Premo

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

    92% of people named Premo identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Premo

    Premo has the Soundex code P650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P650.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Premo come from?
    From the French surname, Americanized from Primeau.
    How common is the surname Premo?
    1,963 people in the United States had the surname Premo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,282 Americans. It ranked 15,048th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Premo?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Premo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Premo getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,048 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,963 in 2010, down 4.2%.