How common is the surname Nimmo?

2,594 people in the United States had the surname Nimmo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,023 Americans. It ranked 12,033rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Nimmo?

Robert Harold Nimmo, Australian Army officer (1893–1966), followed by Brandon Nimmo.

Where is the surname Nimmo most common?

Wikidata records people named Nimmo in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States.

Is the surname Nimmo getting more or less common?

More common. 2,565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,594 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Nimmo

A surname, carried by 2,594 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nimmo is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,594 people named Nimmo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,023 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,565.

#12,033

rank among US surnames

2,594

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,302)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,025	Pless	2,596	118,931
#12,031	Lamoreaux	2,595	118,977
#12,033	Nimmo	2,594	119,023
#12,035	Lafayette	2,593	119,069
#12,040	Fredricks	2,592	119,115
#12,042	Oliveras	2,591	119,161

Who is named Nimmo

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

91% of people named Nimmo identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nimmos

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Harold Nimmo
Australian Army officer (1893–1966)
Brandon Nimmo
American professional baseball player (born 1993)
Derek Nimmo
British actor and theatre manager (1930-1999)
Jenny Nimmo
British author of children's books, born 1944

Notable Nimmos come mostly from the United Kingdom (2), Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Nimmo

Nino

Nimmo has the Soundex code N500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N500.

Questions

How common is the surname Nimmo?: 2,594 people in the United States had the surname Nimmo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,023 Americans. It ranked 12,033rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nimmo?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Nimmo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Nimmo?: Robert Harold Nimmo, Australian Army officer (1893–1966), followed by Brandon Nimmo.
Where is the surname Nimmo most common?: Wikidata records people named Nimmo in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Nimmo getting more or less common?: More common. 2,565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,594 in 2010, up 1.1%.