Zemer

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Zemer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.9M(measured from records)
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 107K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 466K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈170 people, est.

Sources
94 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 107K (inferred from the name graph)

Israel, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zemer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Zemer is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈170 est.≈1 in 466K—Zemer10
US United States1161 in 2.9M141Zemer94
IL Israel≈81 est.≈1 in 107K—Zemer8
IT Italy≈47 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Zemer3
CA Canada≈21 est.≈1 in 1.8M—Zemer8
NL Netherlands≈18 est.≈1 in 961K—Zemer2
AT Austria≈15 est.≈1 in 593K—Zemer5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Zemer is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hebrew surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Romania, United States, Ethiopia

    Also written זמר, צימר, Zumar, זימר, Zamar

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium

    Also written Zemër, Zémer

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Žemer

  • Albanian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Albania

    Also written Zemër

  • Amharic name2 spellings in the group

    Also written ዘመር

25 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Zemer
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000141#114,852
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010116#143,149
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020112#147,954
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Zemer have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 172 people named Zemer in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zemer.
How common is the name Zemer?
In the United States, the national register counted 116 people named Zemer in 2010, about 1 in 2.9 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zemer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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