How common is the surname Zimmerman?

83,265 people in the United States had the surname Zimmerman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,708 Americans. It ranked 379th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Zimmerman?

Walker Zimmerman, American soccer player, followed by Suzanne Zimmerman.

Where is the surname Zimmerman most common?

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

Is the surname Zimmerman getting more or less common?

More common. 80,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 83,265 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Zimmerman

A German surname, carried by 83,265 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex Z565

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zimmerman is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 83,265 people named Zimmerman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,708 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 80,944.

#379

rank among US surnames

83,265

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #350)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#370	Pham	84,320	3,662
#371	Graves	84,179	3,668
#372	Bush	84,018	3,675
#373	Thornton	83,967	3,677
#374	Wolfe	83,928	3,679
#375	Warner	83,781	3,685
#376	Cabrera	83,621	3,692

Who is named Zimmerman

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

94% of people named Zimmerman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Zimmermans

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Walker Zimmerman
American soccer player, born 1993
Suzanne Zimmerman
American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1925-2021)
John Zimmerman
American figure skater, born 1973
Ryan Zimmerman
American first baseman for the Washington Nationals, born 1984
Arthur Augustus Zimmerman
American cyclist (1869–1936)
Stephen Zimmerman
American basketball player (born 1996)
Joey Zimmerman
American actor, born 1986
Bailey Zimmerman
American singer, born 2000
Vera Zimmerman
Brazilian actor, born 1964
Derrick Zimmerman
American basketball player and coach, born 1981
Gary Zimmerman
American football offensive tackle, born 1961
Bonnie Zimmerman
American literary critic and women’s studies scholar, born 1947

Notable Zimmermans come mostly from the United States (13) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Zimmermann

Surnames that sound like Zimmerman

Zimmermann

Zimmerman has the Soundex code Z565, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z565.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zimmerman come from?: Zimmerman is German in origin.
How common is the surname Zimmerman?: 83,265 people in the United States had the surname Zimmerman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,708 Americans. It ranked 379th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zimmerman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Zimmerman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Zimmerman?: Walker Zimmerman, American soccer player, followed by Suzanne Zimmerman.
Where is the surname Zimmerman most common?: Wikidata records people named Zimmerman in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Zimmerman getting more or less common?: More common. 80,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 83,265 in 2010, up 2.9%.
What are other spellings of Zimmerman?: Zimmermann.