# Zimmer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/zimmer/  
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) | 17,146 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,111 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,007 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.0% (17,315 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zimmer 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) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Zimmer in the United States, Belgium and Australia.

## People named Zimmer

- Marion Zimmer Bradley, American novelist and editor (1930–1999)
- Constance Zimmer, American actress
- John Todd Zimmer, American ornithologist, entomologist (1889 - 1957)
- Carl Zimmer, American science writer and blogger (1966-)
- Kim Zimmer, American actress
- Richard Zimmer, American politician
- Don Zimmer, American baseball manager (1931–2014)
- Bradley Zimmer, American baseball player (born 1992)
- Louis Zimmer, astronomer and clockmaker to the King of Belgium (1888–1970)
- Tayliah Zimmer, Australian swimmer
- Esther Lederberg, American microbiologist and pioneer of bacterial genetics (1922–2006)

## Similar surnames

Ziemer, Zamora, Zehner, Zahner, Zenner.

## 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.