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

Rumohr, 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 Rumohr surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Rumohr in America

Rumohr is the 83226th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Rumohr surname appeared 226 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 Rumohr.

We can also compare 2010 data for Rumohr 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 Rumohr

The surname RUMOHR originated in the region of Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany. It derives from the Old Frisian words "rūm" meaning spacious or ample, and "ōr" meaning a bank or shore. This suggests the name likely referred to someone who lived near a wide riverbank or coastal area.

The earliest recorded spelling of the name appears in the Breviarium Sanctae Mariae Virginis, a 13th century Latin manuscript from the Duchy of Schleswig. Here it is rendered as "Rumohre". Over time, spellings evolved to Rumohr, Rumor, and Rumohre before settling on the modern Rumohr form.

One of the first notable individuals with this surname was Hans Rumohr, a 15th century merchant and ship owner from the town of Flensburg. Records show he traded goods throughout the Baltic region. Another early bearer was Klaus Rumohr, born around 1520, who served as mayor of the town of Krempe.

In the 17th century, the name appears in church records from the village of Süderstapel, with the 1632 birth of Hinrich Rumohr. A century later, Carl Philipp Rumohr (1755-1843) was a noted jurist and writer who published works on art history and cuisine.

Other significant figures include the archaeologist Carl Rumohr (1785-1843), who conducted excavations in southern Italy, and Carl Friedrich Ferdinand Rumohr (1785-1843), a Prussian general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. More recently, there was the art historian Carl Rumor (1864-1928) from Hamburg.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Rumohr

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

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

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