How common is the surname Vermeer?

1,078 people in the United States had the surname Vermeer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. It ranked 23,555th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vermeer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Vermeer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Vermeer?

Vermeer is /vɚˈmɪəɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Vermeer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,078 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Vermeer

A surname, carried by 1,078 people in the United States.

Pronounced /vɚˈmɪəɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex V656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vermeer is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,078 people named Vermeer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,011.

#23,555

rank among US surnames

1,078

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #23,454)

Who is named Vermeer

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

95% of people named Vermeer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vermeer

Verner

Vermeer has the Soundex code V656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V656.

Questions

How common is the surname Vermeer?: 1,078 people in the United States had the surname Vermeer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. It ranked 23,555th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vermeer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Vermeer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Vermeer?: Vermeer is /vɚˈmɪəɹ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Vermeer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,078 in 2010, up 6.6%.