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    The surname Limmer

    A German occupational surname, carried by 635 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L560

    Limmer: #35,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Limmer #35,447, 635 people Limmer: #35,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Limmer #35,447, 635 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Limmer is more common than 78.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    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”).

    Limmer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 635 people named Limmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 486,213 Americans. That is down 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 762.

    #35,447
    rank among US surnames
    635
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -16.7%
    change since 2000 (was #29,261)

    Who is named Limmer

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

    96% of people named Limmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Limmer

    Limmer has the Soundex code L560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L560.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Limmer come from?
    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…
    How common is the surname Limmer?
    635 people in the United States had the surname Limmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 486,213 Americans. It ranked 35,447th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Limmer?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Limmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Limmer?
    Limmer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Limmer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 762 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 635 in 2010, down 17%.