Explore the Family Name Nemetz

The meaning of Nemetz

1. German: from a Germanized form of a Slavic ethnic name denoting a German (see Nemec, compare 2 below). 2. Germanized or Americanized form of Czech Němec, Slovak, Slovenian, and Croatian Nemec ‘German’.

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

The surname Nemetz showed a decrease in popularity between the years 2000 to 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, Nemetz was ranked as the 24,969th most common surname in the United States, but by 2010, it dropped to the 32,268th position. This represents a 29.23% decrease in rank. The total count of people with the Nemetz surname likewise fell by 23.55%, from 934 individuals in 2000 to 714 in 2010. This drop in count resulted in a reduction of the proportion of people named Nemetz per 100k residents by 31.43%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,969	#32,268	-29.23%
Count	934	714	-23.55%
Proportion per 100k	0.35	0.24	-31.43%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Nemetz

The ethnic identity associated with the Nemetz surname also experienced some shifts between 2000 and 2010, as per the data from the Decennial U.S. Census. The majority of those bearing the Nemetz surname identified as White, making up 96.47% in 2000 and slightly dropping to 95.66% in 2010. The proportion of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased by 29.63%, from 0.54% to 0.70%. Notably, in 2010, there was a new entry of 0.84% identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native, a category that had no representation in 2000. However, there was a complete absence of representation by those identifying as two or more races in 2010, a category that held 0.64% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.47%	95.66%	-0.84%
Hispanic	1.82%	1.82%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.84%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.54%	0.7%	29.63%
Two or More Races	0.64%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%