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

Neimeyer, 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 Neimeyer surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Neimeyer in America

Neimeyer is the 61297th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Neimeyer surname appeared 328 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 Neimeyer.

We can also compare 2010 data for Neimeyer 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 Neimeyer

The surname Neimeyer is of German origin, originating in the medieval period. The name is believed to have derived from the German words "neue" meaning "new" and "meier" meaning "farmer" or "steward." This suggests the name may have initially referred to someone who was a new farmer or landowner.

In its earliest recorded forms, the name appeared as Neumeier, Neuwmeier, or Neumeyer in various historical records and documents from central and southern Germany dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries. Some of the earliest known bearers of this surname were found in the regions of Bavaria, Saxony, and Hesse.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae, a collection of medieval Saxon documents, where a "Henricus Neumeier" is mentioned in an entry from the year 1349. Another early record is from the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria, where a "Conradus Neumeyer" is listed in a tax register from 1385.

As the name spread throughout German-speaking regions over the centuries, variations in spelling and pronunciation emerged, leading to forms such as Neimeyer, Neymeyer, and Neimayr. Some of these variations may have also been influenced by local dialects or the scribes who recorded the names.

Notable historical figures with the surname Neimeyer include Johann Neimeyer (1679-1736), a German theologian and professor at the University of Jena, and Johann Neimeyer (1767-1833), a German jurist and legal scholar who served as a professor at the University of Halle.

Other bearers of the name include Karl Friedrich Neimeyer (1785-1855), a German architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in Hamburg, and Hermann Neimeyer (1857-1939), a German architect and educator who taught at the Technical University of Munich.

In the United States, one of the earliest recorded instances of the name is Johann Adam Neimeyer (1714-1786), a German immigrant who settled in Pennsylvania in the mid-18th century and served as a colonial militia officer during the American Revolutionary War.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Neimeyer

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

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

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