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    The surname Timmins

    A surname, carried by 2,519 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈtɪmɪnz/ 2 syllables Soundex T552

    Timmins: #12,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Timmins #12,348, 2,519 people Timmins: #12,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Timmins #12,348, 2,519 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Timmins is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,519 people named Timmins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,567 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,250.

    #12,348
    rank among US surnames
    2,519
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12%
    change since 2000 (was #12,624)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,339Birge2,520122,518
    #12,348Timmins2,519122,567
    #12,350Laubach2,518122,615
    #12,351Lobdell2,517122,664
    #12,357Desrochers2,516122,713

    Who is named Timmins

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

    92% of people named Timmins identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Timmins

    Timmins has the Soundex code T552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T552.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Timmins?
    2,519 people in the United States had the surname Timmins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,567 Americans. It ranked 12,348th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Timmins?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Timmins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Timmins?
    Timmins is /ˈtɪmɪnz/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Timmins getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,250 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,519 in 2010, up 12%.