Zimmerli Surname

132,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,397 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Vatican City

Zimmerli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zimmerli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland2,7621:2,974376
United States4791:756,69959,021
France371:1,795,209158,669
Brazil331:6,487,101155,169
Argentina261:1,643,97788,124
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Vatican City11:1174
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Zimmerli (11) may also be a first name.

Zimmerli Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zimmerli occurs more in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zimmerli? popularity and diffusion

Zimmerli is the 132,808th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,145,289 people. The surname Zimmerli is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Zimmerli reside; 83 percent reside in Western Europe and 76 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Zimmerli is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 11 people.

The last name Zimmerli is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is carried by 2,762 people, or 1 in 2,974. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of Aargau, where 32 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 16 percent live and Canton of Bern, where 11 percent live. Apart from Switzerland this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Zimmerli Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Zimmerli has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Zimmerli surname rose 7,983 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Zimmerli Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Zimmerli last name are 36.43% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.66% registered to vote for the political party.

Zimmerli earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.65% more than the national average, earning $46,452 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Zimmerli
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