How common is the surname Tessmer?

1,455 people in the United States had the surname Tessmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,196 Americans. It ranked 18,819th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tessmer?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Tessmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Tessmer getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,455 in 2010, down 5.0%.

The surname Tessmer

A surname, carried by 1,455 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tessmer is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

From the German surname of Slavic origin, from personal names beginning with the element teš (“to console, comfort”) (from Proto-Slavic *těšiti) + měr (“peace”). Compare Tesch.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,455 people named Tessmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,196 Americans. That is down 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,531.

#18,819

rank among US surnames

1,455

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-5%

change since 2000 (was #17,101)

Who is named Tessmer

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

98% of people named Tessmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Tessmer come from?: From the German surname of Slavic origin, from personal names beginning with the element teš (“to console, comfort”) (from Proto-Slavic *těšiti) + měr (“peace”). Compare Tesch.
How common is the surname Tessmer?: 1,455 people in the United States had the surname Tessmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,196 Americans. It ranked 18,819th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tessmer?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Tessmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Tessmer getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,455 in 2010, down 5.0%.