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    The surname Vollmer

    A surname, carried by 6,614 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V456

    Vollmer: #5,273 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vollmer #5,273, 6,614 people Vollmer: #5,273 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vollmer #5,273, 6,614 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vollmer is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,614 people named Vollmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,681 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,549.

    #5,273
    rank among US surnames
    6,614
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #4,931)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,264Bowe6,62846,582
    #5,265Deese6,62646,596
    #5,266Maggard6,62546,603
    #5,267Felts6,62146,631
    #5,268Rife6,62046,638
    #5,269Cowell6,61846,652
    #5,270Novotny6,61746,659

    Who is named Vollmer

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

    95% of people named Vollmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Vollmers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dana Vollmer
      American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder, born 1987
    • Herb Vollmer
      American water polo player (1895-1961)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vollmer

    Vollmer has the Soundex code V456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V456.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Vollmer?
    6,614 people in the United States had the surname Vollmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,681 Americans. It ranked 5,273rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vollmer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Vollmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Vollmer?
    Dana Vollmer, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder, followed by Herb Vollmer.
    Where is the surname Vollmer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vollmer in the United States.
    Is the surname Vollmer getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,549 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,614 in 2010, up 1.0%.