Find out how popular the last name Demmer is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Demmer.

Demmer, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Demmer surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Demmer in America

Demmer is the 23414th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Demmer surname appeared 1,086 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Demmer.

We can also compare 2010 data for Demmer to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Demmer

The surname DEMMER is of German origin, with roots dating back to the Middle Ages in central Europe. It is believed to have derived from the occupational name "demmer," which referred to a dam builder or someone who constructed dams and dikes along waterways.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the German city of Nuremberg, where a certain Hanns Demmer was documented as a citizen in the late 15th century. The name also appears in several medieval records from Bavaria and Saxony, often spelled variations such as Demmere or Demmere.

Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, the DEMMER surname spread across various regions of Germany, with notable bearers including Johann Demmer (1543-1618), a Lutheran theologian and author from Saxony, and Christoph Demmer (1629-1688), a renowned mathematician and astronomer from Nuremberg.

As German communities began to migrate and settle in other parts of Europe and the Americas, the DEMMER name traveled with them. One notable example is Friedrich Demmer (1765-1838), a German-born soldier who served in the British Army during the American Revolutionary War and later became a respected surveyor in Upper Canada (modern-day Ontario).

In the 19th century, the DEMMER name gained further recognition with individuals such as Franz Demmer (1803-1888), a German-Austrian painter and lithographer, and Karl Demmer (1835-1898), a German architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in Berlin.

Other notable individuals with the DEMMER surname include Karl-Heinz Demmer (1925-2010), a German politician and member of the Bundestag, and Ulrike Demmer (born 1960), a German journalist and current deputy government spokeswoman in Germany.

While the DEMMER name has maintained a strong presence in Germany and German-speaking regions, it has also spread to other parts of the world through immigration and diaspora, with various spellings and pronunciations adopted in different languages and cultures.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Demmer

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Demmer.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Demmer was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Demmer has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Demmer was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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