Timms Surname

29,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Timms Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Timothy,' from the nick. Tim; v. Timbs.

1564-5. Richard Tyms, New Coll.: Register of the University of Oxford.

1752. Married — Dennis Tims and Mary Edwards: St.

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Timms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7,1691:7,7721,137
United States5,2081:69,5978,081
Australia3,1411:8,5951,277
Canada8801:41,8705,204
New Zealand5751:7,8751,336
South Africa5291:102,41512,393
Thailand1261:560,62295,829
Wales1251:24,7562,599
Scotland1121:47,8024,201
Guernsey441:1,465311
France311:2,142,668174,004
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Spain251:1,870,08151,392
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
India161:47,941,586492,263
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Costa Rica81:597,5094,667
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Finland71:785,24338,644
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Norway61:857,04855,549
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
China21:683,660,78330,601
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guam11:160,1214,893
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland241:184,5789,087
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,0071:8,1061,235
Wales231:68,1923,286
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5911:84,9728,854

Timms (20) may also be a first name.

Timms Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Timothy,' from the nick. Tim; v. Timbs.

1564-5. Richard Tyms, New Coll.: Register of the University of Oxford.

1752. Married — Dennis Tims and Mary Edwards: St. George, Hanover Square.

1764. — Jeremiah Ogbourn and Mary Timson: ibid.

1771. — Richard Timms and Mary Hughes: ibid.

1785. — Matthew Times and Mary Hall: ibid.

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

An English surname of recent introduction. From Tim(m), a diminutive of Timothy, with genitive -s.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Timm’s (Son): v. Tim(m, Timothy.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German, English) Descendant of Thim or Tim, pet forms of Thiemo, a short form of Theudemar (people, famous); descendant of Tim, a pet form of Timothy or Timotheus (honoring God).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Timms or Tims is an old Banbury name, which has long been connected with the corporation of that town. Sarah Timms, a Quakeress of Banbury, lay in prison for six months in 1655 for "exhorting the priest to fear the Lord" (B.), a circumstance characteristic of the fanaticism of those "good old days." The name was represented in the parish of Enstone 150 years ago (J.).

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

Timms Last Name Facts

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

The last name Timms (Oriya: ଟିମସ, Russian: Тиммс) is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Timms.

How Common Is The Last Name Timms? popularity and diffusion

Timms is the 29,490th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 401,098 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 42 percent of Timms are found; 41 percent are found in Northern Europe and 41 percent are found in British Isles. Timms is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 20 people.

Timms is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 7,169 people, or 1 in 7,772. In England it is most numerous in: West Midlands, where 11 percent live, Greater London, where 11 percent live and Oxfordshire, where 7 percent live. Beside England this last name occurs in 59 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent live and Australia, where 17 percent live.

Timms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Timms has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Timms surname expanded 238 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 881 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 543 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Timms Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Timms surname is principally Anglican (54%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Timms surname are 21.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.88% being registered with the political party.

The amount Timms earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 52.69% more than the national average, earning R 362,844 per year; in United States they earn 8.78% less than the national average, earning $39,359 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.18% more than the national average, earning $52,754 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Timmms913/
Timmås912/
Tiemms910/
Tims896,356/
Tymms80387/
Tiems80240/
Tijms80177/
Thims8073/
Timse8066/
Temms8018/
Timss8014/
Tumms8010/
Timsh809/
Taims808/
Htims805/
Tinms802/
Toims801/
Timst801/
Tuims800/
Thiems73299/
Thijms7317/
Tyms67271/
Tems67207/
Tums6717/
Timsova674/
Timsová671/
Timz671/

Timms Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Timms in the Oriya language
ଟିମସtimasa-
Timms in the Russian language
Тиммсtimms-

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