Explore the Family Name Nemer

The meaning of Nemer

1. Jewish (American): shortened (and altered) form of Nemerovski or Nemirovski (see Nemeroff). 2. Arabic (mainly the Levant and Iraq): from a variant of the personal name Namir, from nimr, a variant of namir ‘leopard’. Bearers of this surname are both Muslims and Christians. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Meyer, Batia, Myer.

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How common is the last name Nemer in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Nemer has seen minor shifts between the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Nemer was ranked as the 42,289th most popular surname, but this slipped slightly to 42,378th by 2010, marking a small decrease of 0.21%. Despite this small drop in rank, the actual count of individuals carrying the Nemer surname actually increased from 483 to 512 over the same period, representing growth of 6%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#42,289	#42,378	-0.21%
Count	483	512	6%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Nemer

In terms of ethnic identity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census outlines some changes within the Nemer surname bearers between 2000 and 2010. Individuals identifying as White remained the majority, with a slight increase from 87.99% to 88.28%. Those identifying as Hispanic also saw an increase, rising from 7.04% to 8.59%, marking a notable 22.02% change. The proportion of individuals identifying with two or more races dropped significantly from 3.93% to 2.15%, a decrease of 45.29%. Meanwhile, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaskan Native representation remained at 0%, while Black representation emerged at 0.98% in 2010 after previously being 0% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	87.99%	88.28%	0.33%
Hispanic	7.04%	8.59%	22.02%
Two or More Races	3.93%	2.15%	-45.29%
Black	0%	0.98%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%