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The surname Jimmerson

A surname, carried by 2,038 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex J562

Jimmerson: #14,604 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Jimmerson #14,604, 2,038 people Jimmerson: #14,604 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Jimmerson #14,604, 2,038 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jimmerson is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,038 people named Jimmerson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,494 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,853.

#14,604
rank among US surnames
2,038
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+10%
change since 2000 (was #14,706)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,599Vartanian2,039151,420
#14,604Matsuda2,038151,494
#14,612Wimbush2,037151,569

Who is named Jimmerson

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

49% of people named Jimmerson identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 49%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 45%
  • Two or more races 2.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jimmerson

Jimmerson 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 Jimmerson?
2,038 people in the United States had the surname Jimmerson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,494 Americans. It ranked 14,604th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jimmerson?
In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Jimmerson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Jimmerson getting more or less common?
More common. 1,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,038 in 2010, up 10%.