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

Volmer, 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 Volmer surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Volmer in America

Volmer is the 46487th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Volmer surname appeared 458 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 Volmer.

We can also compare 2010 data for Volmer 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 Volmer

The surname VOLMER has its origins in northern Germany and surrounding areas, dating back to the early medieval period around the 10th century. It is derived from the Old German words "folc" meaning "people" and "mair" meaning "famous", suggesting it was originally a descriptive surname given to someone well-known or respected among their community.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the VOLMER name can be found in the Codex Traditionum Westfalicarum, a collection of medieval documents from the Westphalia region of Germany, where a man named Folkmar is mentioned in a land transfer deed from the year 1024. This is likely an early variant spelling of the VOLMER surname.

In the 12th century, a knight named Volkmar von Naumburg is recorded as having fought in the service of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa during the conflicts between the Guelphs and Ghibellines in medieval Italy. He was born around 1140 and died in battle in 1189.

The VOLMER name also appears in the historical records of the Hanseatic League, a powerful medieval trading confederation based in northern Germany and surrounding areas. A merchant named Johann Volmer from the city of Lübeck is listed as having conducted trade voyages to England and the Low Countries in the late 15th century.

During the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, a Lutheran theologian named Melchior Volmar (1496-1561) from Saxony played a notable role in the theological debates of the time, and his writings on the interpretation of scripture were widely circulated.

Another individual of note was the 17th century German composer and organist Johann Volmer (1628-1698), who served as the court musician to the Duke of Saxe-Eisenach and contributed significantly to the development of Protestant church music in his region.

As the VOLMER name spread beyond its original northern German homeland, it can be found associated with various place names and local variants throughout central and eastern Europe, such as Volmers in the Netherlands, Volmert in Belgium, and Volmerange in France.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Volmer

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

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

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