How common is the surname Latimer?

9,733 people in the United States had the surname Latimer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,722 Americans. It ranked 3,653rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Latimer?

Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (1848–1928), followed by Ivy Latimer.

Where is the surname Latimer most common?

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

How do you pronounce Latimer?

Latimer is /ˈlætɪmə/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Latimer getting more or less common?

More common. 9,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,733 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Latimer

A surname, carried by 9,733 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlætɪmə/ 3 syllables Soundex L356

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Latimer is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,733 people named Latimer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,722 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 9,705.

#3,653

rank among US surnames

9,733

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,369)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,647	Dix	9,748	31,673
#3,650	Majors	9,747	31,676
#3,651	Card	9,742	31,692
#3,653	Latimer	9,733	31,722

Who is named Latimer

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

69% of people named Latimer identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Latimers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lewis Howard Latimer
American inventor (1848–1928)
Ivy Latimer
Australian actress, born 1994
George S. Latimer
American politician (born 1953)
Henry Latimer
American politician (1752-1819)
Asbury Latimer
American politician (1851-1908)

Notable Latimers come mostly from the United States (4) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Latimer

Latimer has the Soundex code L356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L356.

Questions

Where does the surname Latimer come from?: From latimer (“interpreter, speaker of Latin”), q.v. The village was named after a landowner with this name.
How common is the surname Latimer?: 9,733 people in the United States had the surname Latimer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,722 Americans. It ranked 3,653rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Latimer?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Latimer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Latimer?: Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (1848–1928), followed by Ivy Latimer.
Where is the surname Latimer most common?: Wikidata records people named Latimer in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Latimer?: Latimer is /ˈlætɪmə/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Latimer getting more or less common?: More common. 9,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,733 in 2010, up 0.3%.