# Kimber (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kimber/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as a matronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,838 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,581 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 80,444 people |
| Change since 2000 | +25% (3,080 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kymber |

## Etymology

* From the name of a 7th-century English female saint, Kyneburga or Cyneburg, from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”). * English: probably a habitational name from East and West Kimber in the parish of Northlew in Devon, so named from Old English cempa (“warrior”) (or the Old English personal name Cempa) + bearn (“grove/wood”). It may also be an altered form of Kimbrough. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kinberg.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kimber in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kimber in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Kimber

- Cecil Kimber, British automobile designer (1888–1945)

## Similar surnames

Kimbrough, Kimbro, Kimbrell, Kimberlin, Kimberly, Kimbrel, Kimberling, Kimberley, Kemper, Knepper.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.