How common is the surname Zellmer?

2,246 people in the United States had the surname Zellmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,465 Americans. It ranked 13,506th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Zellmer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Zellmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Zellmer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,054 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,246 in 2010, up 9.3%.

The surname Zellmer

A surname, carried by 2,246 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Z456

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zellmer is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,246 people named Zellmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,465 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,054.

#13,506

rank among US surnames

2,246

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+9.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,560)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,497	Bellino	2,250	137,220
#13,502	Nehring	2,248	137,342
#13,505	Fewell	2,247	137,403
#13,506	Dekker	2,246	137,465
#13,509	Klepper	2,245	137,526

Who is named Zellmer

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

96% of people named Zellmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zellmer

Zellmer has the Soundex code Z456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z456.

Questions

How common is the surname Zellmer?: 2,246 people in the United States had the surname Zellmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,465 Americans. It ranked 13,506th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zellmer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Zellmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Zellmer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,054 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,246 in 2010, up 9.3%.