# Zimmermann (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/zimmermann/  
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 | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,123 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,942 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 43,345 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.7% (6,740 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zimmerman |

## Etymology

From German Zimmermann. Thus cognate with Zimmerer and analogous to Carpenter from carpenter.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zimmermann 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) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Zimmermann in Austria, Belgium, the United States, Nazi Germany, Brazil and Germany.

## People named Zimmermann

- Egon Zimmermann, Austrian alpine skier (1939–2019)
- Hilde Zimmermann, Austrian resistance member (1920-2002)
- Raquel Zimmermann, Brazilian model
- Edith Zimmermann, alpine skier
- Markus Zimmermann, bobsledder
- Kimberley Zimmermann, Belgian tennis player
- Jordan Zimmermann, American baseball pitcher
- Anton Zimmermann, Austrian composer (1741-1781)
- Bernhard Zimmermann, Austrian association football player
- Michel Zimmermann, Belgian athlete
- Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (1908-1984)

## Similar surnames

Zimmerman, 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.