Explore the Family Name Rem

The meaning of Rem

1. German: perhaps an altered form of Rehm. 2. American shortened form of Polish Rembowski: unexplained. 3. Dutch: from the personal name Rem, a short form of Remmert or Rembert.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Rem has increased from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the name was ranked 53,420th in popularity in the United States but rose to 50,467th by 2010, reflecting a growth of 5.53%. The number of individuals with this surname also grew from 363 in 2000 to 414 in 2010, marking an increase of 14.05%. Consequently, the proportion of people named Rem per 100,000 population went up by 7.69% during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#53,420	#50,467	5.53%
Count	363	414	14.05%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.14	7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Rem

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Rem has seen some shifts as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander with this surname saw a significant increase from 31.13% in 2000 to 48.79% in 2010. However, the percentage of those identifying as White decreased from 55.65% to 43.24% over the same period. Furthermore, the data shows that the percentage of people with this surname who identify as Black also decreased from 3.86% to 2.17%. There was no data for those identifying as part of two or more races in 2010, and the census reported an emergence of Hispanic identification within bearers of the surname Rem, which was not present in the 2000 data.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	31.13%	48.79%	56.73%
White	55.65%	43.24%	-22.3%
Hispanic	0%	4.11%	0%
Black	3.86%	2.17%	-43.78%
Two or More Races	6.34%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%