How common is the surname Riemer?

3,039 people in the United States had the surname Riemer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,594 Americans. It ranked 10,548th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Riemer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Riemer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Riemer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,957 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,039 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Riemer

A German surname, carried by 3,039 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riemer is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Jewish and German surname, from Middle High German riemære (modern German Riemer) and Yiddish רימער (rimer, “leather rein”); see Riemen (“strap”). Also a spelling variant of Reimer.

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 3,039 people named Riemer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,594 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,957.

#10,548

rank among US surnames

3,039

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,056)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,541	Farren	3,042	101,494
#10,545	Ayoub	3,041	101,528
#10,547	Garrick	3,040	101,561
#10,548	Wilkin	3,039	101,594
#10,552	Basler	3,038	101,628
#10,553	Hilty	3,037	101,661

Who is named Riemer

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

95% of people named Riemer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
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 Riemer

Riemer has the Soundex code R560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R560.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Riemer come from?: Jewish and German surname, from Middle High German riemære (modern German Riemer) and Yiddish רימער (rimer, “leather rein”); see Riemen (“strap”). Also a spelling variant of Reimer.
How common is the surname Riemer?: 3,039 people in the United States had the surname Riemer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,594 Americans. It ranked 10,548th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Riemer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Riemer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Riemer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,957 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,039 in 2010, up 2.8%.