# Latimer (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,733 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,653 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,722 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (9,705 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlætɪmə/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From latimer (“interpreter, speaker of Latin”), q.v. The village was named after a landowner with this name.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Latimer 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) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Latimer in the United States and Australia.

## People named Latimer

- Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (1848–1928)
- Ivy Latimer, Australian actress
- George S. Latimer, American politician (born 1953)
- Henry Latimer, American politician (1752-1819)
- Asbury Latimer, American politician (1851-1908)

## Similar surnames

Lattimore, Latimore, Lattimer, Ladner, Leitner.

## 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.