How common is the surname Zemke?

1,173 people in the United States had the surname Zemke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 263,210 Americans. It ranked 22,081st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Zemke?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Zemke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Zemke getting more or less common?

More common. 1,148 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,173 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Zemke

A German surname, carried by 1,173 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Z520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zemke is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Zemke.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,173 people named Zemke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 263,210 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,148.

#22,081

rank among US surnames

1,173

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #21,273)

Who is named Zemke

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

95% of people named Zemke identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zemke come from?: Borrowed from German Zemke.
How common is the surname Zemke?: 1,173 people in the United States had the surname Zemke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 263,210 Americans. It ranked 22,081st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zemke?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Zemke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Zemke getting more or less common?: More common. 1,148 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,173 in 2010, up 2.2%.