How common is the surname Rymer?

3,050 people in the United States had the surname Rymer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,228 Americans. It ranked 10,517th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rymer?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Rymer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rymer?

Michael Rymer, Australian television and film director.

Where is the surname Rymer most common?

Wikidata records people named Rymer in Australia.

Is the surname Rymer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,919 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,050 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Rymer

A surname, carried by 3,050 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). Rymer is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,050 people named Rymer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,228 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,919.

#10,517

rank among US surnames

3,050

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,148)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,512	Beagle	3,053	101,129
#10,514	Konrad	3,052	101,162
#10,515	Amburgey	3,051	101,195
#10,517	Rymer	3,050	101,228
#10,520	McMorris	3,049	101,261
#10,525	Rippy	3,048	101,294

Who is named Rymer

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

90% of people named Rymer identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rymers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Rymer
Australian television and film director, born 1963

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rymer

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

Questions

How common is the surname Rymer?: 3,050 people in the United States had the surname Rymer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,228 Americans. It ranked 10,517th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rymer?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Rymer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rymer?: Michael Rymer, Australian television and film director.
Where is the surname Rymer most common?: Wikidata records people named Rymer in Australia.
Is the surname Rymer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,919 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,050 in 2010, up 4.5%.