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The surname Schirmer

A surname, carried by 3,428 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S656

Schirmer: #9,488 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schirmer #9,488, 3,428 people Schirmer: #9,488 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schirmer #9,488, 3,428 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schirmer is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,428 people named Schirmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,066 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,186.

#9,488
rank among US surnames
3,428
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
+7.6%
change since 2000 (was #9,379)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#9,483Lundin3,43189,987
#9,484Holleman3,43090,013
#9,486Brathwaite3,42990,040
#9,488Schirmer3,42890,066
#9,491Rimmer3,42690,118
#9,493Pickle3,42590,145

Who is named Schirmer

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

95% of people named Schirmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
  • Two or more races 0.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schirmer

Schirmer has the Soundex code S656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S656.

Questions

How common is the surname Schirmer?
3,428 people in the United States had the surname Schirmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,066 Americans. It ranked 9,488th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schirmer?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schirmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Schirmer getting more or less common?
More common. 3,186 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,428 in 2010, up 7.6%.