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The surname Remmers

A Dutch surname, carried by 1,203 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R562

Remmers: #21,660 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Remmers #21,660, 1,203 people Remmers: #21,660 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Remmers #21,660, 1,203 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Remmers is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch and German Remmers.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,203 people named Remmers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 256,646 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,168.

#21,660
rank among US surnames
1,203
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+3%
change since 2000 (was #20,982)

Who is named Remmers

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

94% of people named Remmers identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
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 Remmers

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

Other Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Remmers come from?
Borrowed from Dutch and German Remmers.
How common is the surname Remmers?
1,203 people in the United States had the surname Remmers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,646 Americans. It ranked 21,660th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Remmers?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Remmers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Remmers getting more or less common?
More common. 1,168 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,203 in 2010, up 3.0%.