The surname Tims
A surname, carried by 3,561 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex T520
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,561 people named Tims in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,702 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,377.
#9,165
rank among US surnames
3,561
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
+5.4%
change since 2000 (was #8,913)
Who is named Tims
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
61% of people named Tims identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 61%
- Black (not Hispanic) 33%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Tims 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 Tims?
- 3,561 people in the United States had the surname Tims in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,702 Americans. It ranked 9,165th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Tims?
- In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Tims identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Tims getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,377 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,561 in 2010, up 5.4%.