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

Edmo, 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 Edmo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Edmo in America

Edmo is the 92358th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Edmo surname appeared 199 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 Edmo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Edmo 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 Edmo

The surname "EDMO" is believed to have originated in the region of Saxony, Germany during the medieval period. It is derived from the Old Saxon words "ed" meaning "prosperity" and "mo" meaning "man," suggesting the name may have initially referred to a prosperous or wealthy individual.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname "EDMO" can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae, a collection of historical documents from the 9th to the 13th century. The name appears in a land grant document from the year 1184, where a certain "Edmo de Wittenberg" is mentioned as a landowner in the town of Wittenberg.

In the 14th century, the surname "EDMO" is also found in the Stadtbuch von Quedlinburg, a city register from the town of Quedlinburg. Here, an individual named "Johannes Edmo" is listed as a burgher in the year 1327.

One of the notable historical figures bearing the surname "EDMO" was Henricus Edmo (c. 1410-1478), a German theologian and philosopher who taught at the University of Leipzig. His treatise "De Veritate Philosophiae" was widely studied in academic circles during the Renaissance period.

The name "EDMO" also has connections to the town of Edmo, a small village in the Lüneburg Heath region of Lower Saxony. It is possible that some individuals bearing this surname originated from this area or took the name from the village itself.

Another individual of note was Wilhelmus Edmo (1522-1589), a Protestant reformer and theologian who played a significant role in the spread of Lutheranism in the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. His writings and sermons were influential in shaping the religious landscape of the region.

In the 17th century, the surname "EDMO" appears in the records of the city of Hamburg, where a merchant named Johann Edmo (1628-1697) is mentioned as a successful trader in the Hanseatic League.

While the surname "EDMO" is not as common today, it has a rich historical lineage that can be traced back to medieval Germany and the regions of Saxony and Lower Saxony.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Edmo

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

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 Edmo 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 Edmo 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 Edmo was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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