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    The surname Tremmel

    A German surname, carried by 840 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T654

    Tremmel: #28,408 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Tremmel #28,408, 840 people Tremmel: #28,408 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Tremmel #28,408, 840 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tremmel is more common than 82.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German surname tremel (“ruffian, boor”), from Middle High German Tram, Dram (“beam, block, cudgel”), most likely related to the root of tram.

    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 840 people named Tremmel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 367,554 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 799.

    #28,408
    rank among US surnames
    840
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #28,194)

    Who is named Tremmel

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

    95% of people named Tremmel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tremmel

    Tremmel has the Soundex code T654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T654.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tremmel come from?
    Borrowed from German surname tremel (“ruffian, boor”), from Middle High German Tram, Dram (“beam, block, cudgel”), most likely related to the root of tram.
    How common is the surname Tremmel?
    840 people in the United States had the surname Tremmel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 367,554 Americans. It ranked 28,408th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tremmel?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tremmel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Tremmel getting more or less common?
    More common. 799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 840 in 2010, up 5.1%.