How common is the surname Timms?

4,353 people in the United States had the surname Timms in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,927 Americans. It ranked 7,625th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Timms?

Michele Timms, Australian basketball player and coach.

Where is the surname Timms most common?

Wikidata records people named Timms in Australia.

Is the surname Timms getting more or less common?

More common. 4,197 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,353 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Timms

A surname, carried by 4,353 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Timms is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,353 people named Timms in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,927 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,197.

#7,625

rank among US surnames

4,353

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,314)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,616	Malin	4,365	70,732
#7,617	Colston	4,363	70,765
#7,618	Snapp	4,360	70,813
#7,619	Alas	4,358	70,846
#7,620	Bottoms	4,357	70,862
#7,621	Jager	4,356	70,878
#7,623	Melville	4,355	70,894

Who is named Timms

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

77% of people named Timms identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Timmss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michele Timms
Australian basketball player and coach, born 1965

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Timms

Tims

Timms has the Soundex code T520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T520.

Questions

How common is the surname Timms?: 4,353 people in the United States had the surname Timms in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,927 Americans. It ranked 7,625th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Timms?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Timms identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Timms?: Michele Timms, Australian basketball player and coach.
Where is the surname Timms most common?: Wikidata records people named Timms in Australia.
Is the surname Timms getting more or less common?: More common. 4,197 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,353 in 2010, up 3.7%.