# Zimmerman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/zimmerman/  
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) | 83,265 |
| US rank (2010) | 379 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,708 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (80,944 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zimmermann |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zimmerman 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) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Zimmerman in the United States and Brazil.

## People named Zimmerman

- Walker Zimmerman, American soccer player
- Suzanne Zimmerman, American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1925-2021)
- John Zimmerman, American figure skater
- Ryan Zimmerman, American first baseman for the Washington Nationals
- Arthur Augustus Zimmerman, American cyclist (1869–1936)
- Stephen Zimmerman, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Joey Zimmerman, American actor
- Bailey Zimmerman, American singer
- Vera Zimmerman, Brazilian actor
- Derrick Zimmerman, American basketball player and coach
- Gary Zimmerman, American football offensive tackle
- Bonnie Zimmerman, American literary critic and women’s studies scholar

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Zimmermann, Zamorano, Zamarron.

## 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.