# Limmer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/limmer/  
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 | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 635 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,447 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 486,213 people |
| Change since 2000 | -16.7% (762 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * English occupational surname for an illuminator of manuscripts, from Middle English luminour, lymnour. * Borrowed from German Limmer, an habitational surname from any of several places in Germany. * Borrowed from Dutch Limmer, from a Germanic personal name composed of Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”) + *mēraz (“famous, renowned”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Limmer 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Similar surnames

Lemmer, Liner, Lanier, Lamar, Lenoir, Lemire, Lehner, Lemaire, Lamere, Lamarre, Lamarr, Lamour.

## 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.