Last Name ELMER

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Meaning	The son of Elmer, i.e. Aylmer. To be carefully distinguished form Elmore. Contracted from Ethelmer, noble, renowned. 'Holmer,' the low, shallow pond or lake, from 'Hol,' Saxon, low, and mer, a pond. 'Halemer,' Cornish British, the lake in the moor, or the salt water.

Origin	English, Jewish, Swiss, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	5,432 (2000 US census)	5,625 (1990 US census)

Count	5,896 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.17%, or 5552 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.34%, or 79 total occurrences, as black,
0.46%, or 27 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.86%, or 51 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.93%, or 55 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.24%, or 132 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Shortest baby names

We analyzed the first names reported in the United States starting from the year 1880. There were no one character names. We did find 10 two character names.

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