Toomer
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English
Etymology
From a few placenames in England, of unknown origin. However, compare the obsolete verb toom (“to empty, free up”). Another theory connects it to a contraction of Saint Omer in France, for which see French Omer.
Proper noun
Toomer (plural Toomers)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Toomer is the 10491st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3059 individuals. Toomer is most common among Black/African American (66.26%) and White (28.11%) individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Toomer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.