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    The surname Walmer

    An English surname, carried by 799 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W456

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walmer is more common than 81.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English wealh (“Welshman”), genitive plural weala + mere (“lake, sea”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 799 people named Walmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 386,415 Americans. That is down 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 878.

    #29,528
    rank among US surnames
    799
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -9%
    change since 2000 (was #26,191)

    Who is named Walmer

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

    93% of people named Walmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as two or more races and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    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 Walmer

    Walmer has the Soundex code W456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W456.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Walmer come from?
    From Old English wealh (“Welshman”), genitive plural weala + mere (“lake, sea”).
    How common is the surname Walmer?
    799 people in the United States had the surname Walmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 386,415 Americans. It ranked 29,528th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Walmer?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Walmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Walmer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 878 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 799 in 2010, down 9.0%.