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

Neumeister, 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 Neumeister surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Neumeister in America

Neumeister is the 28525th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Neumeister surname appeared 836 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 Neumeister.

We can also compare 2010 data for Neumeister 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 Neumeister

The surname Neumeister is of German origin, deriving from the Middle High German words "niuwe" meaning new, and "meister" meaning master or head worker. It likely originated in the 13th or 14th century as an occupational name for a newly appointed master craftsman or guild leader.

The earliest recorded instances of the name appear in various German town records and tax rolls from the late medieval period. It was particularly prevalent in southern and central German regions like Bavaria, Saxony, and Franconia. Variations in spelling included Neumeister, Neumaister, Neumeijster, and Naumeyster.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Hans Neumeister, a blacksmith and guild leader in the city of Nuremberg, who lived from around 1425 to 1493. Another early example is Johann Neumeister, a cloth merchant and city councilor in Augsburg, born in 1480.

In the 16th century, the name appears in the records of several German universities, such as Martin Neumeister, a theology professor at the University of Jena from 1549 to 1591. A notable bearer from this time was Erdmann Neumeister, a German poet and hymnist born in 1671 in Uichteritz, Saxony.

During the 18th century, the Neumeister name gained some prominence in the fields of music and education. Johann Gottlieb Neumeister, born in 1757 in Pleissa, Saxony, was a respected composer and music theorist. His contemporary, Christian Neumeister (1755-1835), was a renowned educator and author of teaching manuals in Meissen.

As the name spread across German-speaking regions over the centuries, it also found its way into other European countries like Austria, Switzerland, and even Russia, often through migration or intermarriage. Notable bearers include the Austrian composer and conductor Ferdinand Neumeister (1820-1905) and the Russian general Yegor Neumeister (1781-1857), a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Neumeister

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

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

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