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    The surname Kimber

    A patronymic surname, carried by 3,838 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K516 Also a first name

    Kimber: #8,581 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kimber #8,581, 3,838 people Kimber: #8,581 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kimber #8,581, 3,838 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kimber is more common than 94.7% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Kimber is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,838 people named Kimber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,444 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,080.

    #8,581
    rank among US surnames
    3,838
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.6%
    change since 2000 (was #9,678)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,577Smeltzer3,84180,382
    #8,578Lezama3,84080,402
    #8,579Conwell3,83980,423
    #8,581Franck3,83880,444
    #8,586Kenna3,83780,465

    Who is named Kimber

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

    69% of people named Kimber identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kimbers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Cecil Kimber
      British automobile designer (1888–1945)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Kymber

    Surnames that sound like Kimber

    Kimber has the Soundex code K516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K516.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kimber come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Kimber?
    3,838 people in the United States had the surname Kimber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,444 Americans. It ranked 8,581st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kimber?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Kimber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kimber?
    Cecil Kimber, British automobile designer (1888–1945).
    Where is the surname Kimber most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kimber in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    What type of surname is Kimber?
    Kimber is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Kimber getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,080 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,838 in 2010, up 25%.
    What are other spellings of Kimber?
    Kymber.
    Is Kimber also a first name?
    Yes. Kimber is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.