# Timmer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/timmer/  
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 Dutch [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Carpenter for a carpenter from Dutch timmer (“construction, room”).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,054 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,510 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 101,095 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (2,730 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Timmers, Timmerman, Timmermans |

## Etymology

* As a Dutch and north German surname, from Timmer (“timber”). * Also as a north German surname, variant of Thiemer, Dittmar, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *þeudu (“people”) + *mari (“famous”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Timmer 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Tomer, Tiner, Tanner, Tenorio, Tyner, Toner, Towner, Toomer, Tamura, Tammaro.

## 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.