How common is the surname Semler?

1,755 people in the United States had the surname Semler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,923 Americans. It ranked 16,395th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Semler?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Semler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Semler?

Dean Semler, Australian cinematographer and film director, followed by Ricardo Semler.

Where is the surname Semler most common?

Wikidata records people named Semler in Australia and Brazil.

Is the surname Semler getting more or less common?

More common. 1,729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,755 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Semler

A surname, carried by 1,755 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S546

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Semler is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,755 people named Semler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,923 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,729.

#16,395

rank among US surnames

1,755

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #15,530)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,390	Hoeppner	1,756	175,823
#16,395	Bebout	1,755	175,923

Who is named Semler

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

95% of people named Semler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Semlers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dean Semler
Australian cinematographer and film director, born 1943
Ricardo Semler
Brazilian entrepreneur, born 1959

Notable Semlers come mostly from Australia (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Semler

Semler has the Soundex code S546, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S546.

Questions

How common is the surname Semler?: 1,755 people in the United States had the surname Semler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,923 Americans. It ranked 16,395th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Semler?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Semler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Semler?: Dean Semler, Australian cinematographer and film director, followed by Ricardo Semler.
Where is the surname Semler most common?: Wikidata records people named Semler in Australia and Brazil.
Is the surname Semler getting more or less common?: More common. 1,729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,755 in 2010, up 1.5%.