Kimber Surname

38,300th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,739 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Kimber Surname Definition:

(1) Occup 'the comber,' a wool-comber; compare Kembester, now Kempster, a female wool-comber, (a) Local, 'of Kimber.' South Kimber in Cornwall The first is the more probable origin; v. Kemper.

1617. John Neave and Thomasine Kember: Marriage Lic.

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Kimber Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,8131:11,5771,702
United States4,1771:86,7759,784
Australia2,5061:10,7721,599
Canada6211:59,3337,004
New Zealand3691:12,2722,137
South Africa2681:202,15621,624
Liberia2361:18,6801,899
Wales941:32,9213,306
Poland801:475,10947,696
Scotland721:74,3595,625
Estonia691:19,1573,287
Indonesia621:2,133,052131,589
Sweden611:161,42211,223
Russia511:2,825,942156,501
Guernsey291:2,222539
Ireland281:168,1767,397
Northern Ireland201:92,2525,957
Chile161:1,101,03021,213
France161:4,151,420237,746
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Isle of Man101:8,5821,778
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
China91:151,924,6187,954
Belarus71:1,357,29483,128
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Cuba31:3,840,90513,116
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Marshall Islands11:51,8212,326
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,8061:8,6871,310
Wales181:87,1343,963
Guernsey181:1,814317
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Jersey61:8,6471,503
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4961:101,24710,256

Kimber (8,429) may also be a first name.

Kimber Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(1) Occup 'the comber,' a wool-comber; compare Kembester, now Kempster, a female wool-comber, (a) Local, 'of Kimber.' South Kimber in Cornwall The first is the more probable origin; v. Kemper.

1617. John Neave and Thomasine Kember: Marriage Lic. (London).

1779. Married — Thomas Kimber and Alice Hastings: St. George, Hanover Square.

— — George Mansfield and Elizabeth Kember: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

1 the Anglo-Saxon fem. pers. name Cyneburh [Old English cyne-, royal + burh, a stronghold] 2 = Kember, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Comber of Wool” in Old English .

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

A place in Cornwall is called South Kimber.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From South Kimber; from kûm-ber, the little valley, defile, or pass. Kûm-ver would mean the great valley.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Kimber: John Kimber, senior alderman of Newbury, died in 1793 at the age of 85; pursuant to his will twelve almshouses were built in Newbury at an expense of nearly £2,000 ("History of Newbury"). Kimber is still a Newbury name. Nicholas Kimber was mayor of Marlborough, Wilts, in 1711 (Waylen's "Marlborough"). In 1818 died Mr. John Kimber, an old farmer of Chailey, Sussex, who was noted for his expensive tastes in the purchase of costly books and scientific instruments (Lower's "Sussex").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Kimber Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kimber Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kimber (Russian: Кимбер) is found most in England. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kimber? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 38,300th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 530,428 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 39 percent of Kimber live; 38 percent live in Northern Europe and 37 percent live in British Isles. Kimber is also the 68,694th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 8,429 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 4,813 people, or 1 in 11,577. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Hampshire, where 14 percent live, Greater London, where 11 percent live and Kent, where 6 percent live. Beside England it is found in 66 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent live and Australia, where 18 percent live.

Kimber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kimber has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Kimber last name grew 172 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 842 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 522 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,029 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 311 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Kimber Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (56%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Kimber surname are 13.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.49% registered with the political party.

The amount Kimber earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 53.22% more than the national average, earning R 364,116 per year; in United States they earn 4.93% less than the national average, earning $41,020 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.11% more than the national average, earning $52,222 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kimbere9246/
Kiember928/
Kimbier922/
Kimmber922/
Kimberr921/
Keimber920/
Kmber913/
Koimbere861/
Kember831,871/
Kumber83188/
Kimbir83170/
Cimber83126/
Kümber8362/
Kinber8342/
Kymber832/
Kimberova801/
Kumbier77480/
Kumbher7753/
Quimber7736/
Chimber7733/
Kembere779/
Kimbire772/
Keamber772/
Khumber771/
Kmbeerh771/
Kembeur771/
Kenmber771/
Kimbhir771/
Kummber771/
Kemmber770/
Qmber731/
Cmber730/
Quimbert71248/
Quiember712/
Khumbher711/
Keumbeur711/
Chinmber711/
Kemberht710/
Kenber67344/
Kembir67213/
Cimbir67182/
Cember67134/
Qumber6768/
Kumbir6713/
Kymbyr675/
Cinber671/
Cmbere671/

Kimber Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kimber in the Russian language
Кимберkimber-

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