# Schwimmer (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 968 |
| US rank (2010) | 25,518 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 318,952 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (817 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Schwimmer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schwimmer 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) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schwimmer in the United States and Austria.

## People named Schwimmer

- David Schwimmer, American actor (born 1966)
- Rusty Schwimmer, American actress
- Walter Schwimmer, Austrian politician
- Benji Schwimmer, American dancer and choreographer

## Similar surnames

Schommer, Shimer, Scheiner, Schumer, Skinner, Seymour, Sumner, Sommer, Sonnier, Shaner, Seymore, Senior.

## 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.