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    The surname Wimer

    A surname, carried by 3,571 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W560

    Wimer: #9,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wimer #9,139, 3,571 people Wimer: #9,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wimer #9,139, 3,571 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wimer is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,571 people named Wimer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,459 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,660.

    #9,139
    rank among US surnames
    3,571
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #8,321)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,135McCusker3,57486,387
    #9,137Murtha3,57386,411
    #9,138Rupe3,57286,435
    #9,139Manalo3,57186,459
    #9,141Mishler3,56986,508

    Who is named Wimer

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

    94% of people named Wimer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wimer

    Wimer has the Soundex code W560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wimer?
    3,571 people in the United States had the surname Wimer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,459 Americans. It ranked 9,139th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wimer?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wimer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wimer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,660 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,571 in 2010, down 2.4%.