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    The surname Jimerson

    A surname, carried by 3,548 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex J562

    Jimerson: #9,192 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Jimerson #9,192, 3,548 people Jimerson: #9,192 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Jimerson #9,192, 3,548 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jimerson is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,548 people named Jimerson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,020 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,439.

    #9,192
    rank among US surnames
    3,548
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #8,780)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,184Liberty3,55286,922
    #9,186Scalise3,55186,946
    #9,190Fetzer3,55086,971
    #9,192Jimerson3,54887,020
    #9,195Samano3,54787,044
    #9,199Schumaker3,54587,093

    Who is named Jimerson

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    46% of people named Jimerson identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 8.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 46%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 8.7%
    • Two or more races 4.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Jimerson

    Jimerson has the Soundex code J562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J562.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Jimerson?
    3,548 people in the United States had the surname Jimerson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,020 Americans. It ranked 9,192nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jimerson?
    In the 2010 Census, 46% of people named Jimerson identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Jimerson getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,548 in 2010, up 3.2%.