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    The surname Zimmermann

    A German occupational surname, carried by 7,123 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex Z565

    Zimmermann: #4,942 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Zimmermann #4,942, 7,123 people Zimmermann: #4,942 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Zimmermann #4,942, 7,123 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zimmermann is more common than 97% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

    Zimmermann is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    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 7,123 people named Zimmermann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,345 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,740.

    #4,942
    rank among US surnames
    7,123
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,784)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,933Loving7,13543,272
    #4,934Bocanegra7,13443,278
    #4,936Ridge7,13343,284
    #4,938Moll7,13143,296
    #4,939Roddy7,12743,321
    #4,940Nation7,12543,333
    #4,941Rigsby7,12443,339

    Who is named Zimmermann

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

    94% of people named Zimmermann identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Zimmermanns

    11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Egon Zimmermann
      Austrian alpine skier (1939–2019)
    • Hilde Zimmermann
      Austrian resistance member (1920-2002)
    • Raquel Zimmermann
      Brazilian model, born 1983
    • Edith Zimmermann
      Alpine skier, born 1941
    • Markus Zimmermann
      Bobsledder, born 1964
    • Kimberley Zimmermann
      Belgian tennis player, born 1995
    • Jordan Zimmermann
      American baseball pitcher, born 1986
    • Anton Zimmermann
      Austrian composer (1741-1781)
    • Bernhard Zimmermann
      Austrian association football player, born 2002
    • Michel Zimmermann
      Belgian athlete, born 1960
    • Ethel Merman
      American actress and singer (1908-1984)

    Notable Zimmermanns come mostly from Austria (3), Belgium (2) and the United States (2).

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Zimmermann

    Zimmermann 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 Zimmermann come from?
    From German Zimmermann. Thus cognate with Zimmerer and analogous to Carpenter from carpenter.
    How common is the surname Zimmermann?
    7,123 people in the United States had the surname Zimmermann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,345 Americans. It ranked 4,942nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Zimmermann?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Zimmermann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Zimmermann?
    Egon Zimmermann, Austrian alpine skier (1939–2019), followed by Hilde Zimmermann.
    Where is the surname Zimmermann most common?
    Wikidata records people named Zimmermann in Austria, Belgium and the United States and 3 other countries.
    What type of surname is Zimmermann?
    Zimmermann is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Zimmermann getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,123 in 2010, up 5.7%.
    What are other spellings of Zimmermann?
    Zimmerman.