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    The surname Womer

    A surname, carried by 1,166 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W560

    Womer: #22,158 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Womer #22,158, 1,166 people Womer: #22,158 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Womer #22,158, 1,166 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Womer is more common than 86.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,166 people named Womer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,790 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,071.

    #22,158
    rank among US surnames
    1,166
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.9%
    change since 2000 (was #22,427)

    Who is named Womer

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

    97% of people named Womer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, 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 Womer

    Womer 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 Womer?
    1,166 people in the United States had the surname Womer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,790 Americans. It ranked 22,158th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Womer?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Womer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Womer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,166 in 2010, up 8.9%.