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The surname Reimers

A German surname, carried by 3,345 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R562

Reimers: #9,698 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Reimers #9,698, 3,345 people Reimers: #9,698 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Reimers #9,698, 3,345 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reimers is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Reimers.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,345 people named Reimers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,301 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,946.

#9,698
rank among US surnames
3,345
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+13.5%
change since 2000 (was #10,085)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#9,691Paramo3,34892,218
#9,692Geis3,34792,245
#9,695Charleston3,34692,273
#9,698Vanzant3,34592,301
#9,701Vancamp3,34492,328

Who is named Reimers

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

92% of people named Reimers identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Reimers

Reimers has the Soundex code R562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R562.

Other German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Reimers come from?
Borrowed from German Reimers.
How common is the surname Reimers?
3,345 people in the United States had the surname Reimers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,301 Americans. It ranked 9,698th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reimers?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Reimers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Reimers getting more or less common?
More common. 2,946 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,345 in 2010, up 14%.