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

Nemitz, 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 Nemitz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Nemitz in America

Nemitz is the 19551st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Nemitz surname appeared 1,381 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 Nemitz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Nemitz 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 Nemitz

The surname Nemitz is of German origin, tracing its roots back to the Middle Ages. It is believed to have originated in the regions of Saxony and Thuringia, particularly around the towns of Neustadt and Neumitz.

Nemitz is a toponymic surname, derived from the German word "neu" meaning "new" and "mitz" which is a locative suffix denoting a place or settlement. This suggests that the name may have originated from individuals who lived in or near a newly established town or village.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Nemitz can be found in the Leipziger Neubürger register from the year 1470, where a certain Hans Nemitz is mentioned as a new citizen of the city of Leipzig.

In the 16th century, a notable figure bearing the name Nemitz was Johannes Nemitz (1523-1594), a German Protestant theologian and reformer who participated in the Leipzig Disputation of 1519 and later became a professor at the University of Wittenberg.

Another historical reference to the name Nemitz can be found in the Kirchenbücher (church records) of the town of Neustadt, where a family by the name of Nemitz is recorded as early as the late 17th century.

In the 18th century, Carl Gottlob Nemitz (1753-1837) was a German composer and music theorist who wrote several treatises on music theory and composition.

During the 19th century, Wilhelm Nemitz (1812-1877) was a prominent German architect who designed several notable buildings in Berlin, including the Reichsbank building and the former Prussian Ministry of Finance.

Another significant figure with the surname Nemitz was Kurt Nemitz (1888-1975), a German military officer who served in both World War I and World War II, eventually attaining the rank of General der Panzertruppe.

Throughout its history, the surname Nemitz has also appeared with various spelling variations, such as Neumitz, Neimitz, and Nöhmitz, reflecting local dialects and regional variations in pronunciation and orthography.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Nemitz

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

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

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