Rymer Surname
Approximately 7,090 people bear this surname
Rymer Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the rhymer,' poet, versifier, singer. Middle English rime or ryme. In South-west Lancashire Rimmer has ramified very strongly; but it was spelt Rymer in the 16th century.
Roger Rymer, of Walton, 1579: Wills at Chester.
Read More About This SurnameRymer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,897 | 1:93,010 | 10,444 |
| England | 1,163 | 1:47,909 | 6,004 |
| Poland | 661 | 1:57,502 | 9,064 |
| Dominican Republic | 385 | 1:27,099 | 1,663 |
| Australia | 316 | 1:85,429 | 9,880 |
| British Virgin Islands | 129 | 1:245 | 50 |
| Canada | 96 | 1:383,808 | 34,152 |
| France | 68 | 1:976,805 | 110,007 |
| Germany | 61 | 1:1,319,762 | 83,187 |
| South Africa | 50 | 1:1,083,554 | 64,652 |
| Wales | 46 | 1:67,272 | 5,910 |
| Brazil | 40 | 1:5,351,858 | 134,966 |
| Ukraine | 22 | 1:2,069,213 | 143,711 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:297,434 | 13,849 |
| Uruguay | 17 | 1:201,868 | 16,060 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 676 | 1:36,058 | 4,694 |
| Scotland | 24 | 1:155,967 | 6,425 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:98,026 | 4,293 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 570 | 1:88,103 | 9,135 |
Rymer (102) may also be a first name.
Rymer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the rhymer,' poet, versifier, singer. Middle English rime or ryme. In South-west Lancashire Rimmer has ramified very strongly; but it was spelt Rymer in the 16th century.
Roger Rymer, of Walton, 1579: Wills at Chester.
Peter Rymer, of North Meols, 1591: ibid.
William Rymer, of Formby, 1614: ibid.
John Rimmer, of Formby, 1615: ibid.
Gilbert Rimmer, of North Meols, 1617: ibid.
= Rimer, q.v.
(from an ancestor's occupation) Rymer is the Yiddish version of Rymarz, the Polish for “a saddler” or “harness maker.”
Doubtless a person skilled in making verses, like the far-famed Scotchman, Thomas the Rhymer. King Henry II. kept a court poet, or poet-laureate, called Master Henry the Versifier, and paid him one hundred shillings per annum for his poesy. Still earlier, Henry I. had a bard who wrote laudatory verses about his master, and was called Walo Versificator. Warton's Hist, of English Poetry, vol. i. p. 47. These old court-poets were called Archipoetce.
A location name in Suffolk Or from the German, Reimer; a personal name.
Rymer: a reciter of poems and ballads.
The Rymers of Chepstow and its vicinity are probably connected with a family of clothiers, called Rimer, who lived in Minchin Hampton early last century (Bigl.).
Rymer Demographics
Average Rymer Salary in
United States
$42,736 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Rymer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rymer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rymer is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Rymer.
How Common Is The Last Name Rymer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 69,802nd most frequently used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,027,863 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Rymer reside; 55 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Rymer is also the 935,178th most common given name internationally, borne by 102 people.
It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 3,897 people, or 1 in 93,010. In The United States it is most numerous in: Tennessee, where 15 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Rymer occurs in 42 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent live and Poland, where 9 percent live.
Rymer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Rymer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Rymer surname expanded 684 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 172 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 288 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 25 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rymer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Rymer surname is chiefly Quaker (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Rymer last name are 24.35% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.12% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Rymer earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 22.51% less than the national average, earning 268,177 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 16.01% more than the national average, earning R 275,676 per year; in United States they earn 0.96% less than the national average, earning $42,736 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.23% less than the national average, earning $47,581 CAD per year.
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