Zimmerman Surname
Approximately 126,345 people bear this surname
Zimmerman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 111,528 | 1:3,250 | 333 |
| Canada | 4,317 | 1:8,535 | 1,268 |
| Curaçao | 3,203 | 1:49 | 10 |
| Israel | 1,834 | 1:4,666 | 682 |
| Netherlands | 1,095 | 1:15,422 | 2,334 |
| Australia | 619 | 1:43,612 | 5,531 |
| England | 456 | 1:122,189 | 12,328 |
| South Africa | 384 | 1:141,088 | 16,227 |
| New Zealand | 320 | 1:14,151 | 2,467 |
| Germany | 275 | 1:292,747 | 30,288 |
| Sweden | 244 | 1:40,356 | 3,216 |
| France | 240 | 1:276,761 | 42,544 |
| Argentina | 219 | 1:195,175 | 16,241 |
| Brazil | 192 | 1:1,114,970 | 38,938 |
| Poland | 166 | 1:228,968 | 29,641 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Dominican Republic | 146 | 1:71,458 | 3,346 |
| Belgium | 133 | 1:86,441 | 13,498 |
| Mexico | 61 | 1:2,034,856 | 18,943 |
| Philippines | 54 | 1:1,874,782 | 115,801 |
| Russia | 50 | 1:2,882,461 | 158,532 |
| Slovakia | 50 | 1:106,729 | 20,187 |
| Thailand | 50 | 1:1,412,767 | 195,138 |
| Spain | 37 | 1:1,263,569 | 42,239 |
| Romania | 36 | 1:557,719 | 41,269 |
| Scotland | 32 | 1:167,307 | 9,494 |
| Colombia | 31 | 1:1,541,099 | 10,974 |
| Guam | 29 | 1:5,521 | 755 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Italy | 26 | 1:2,352,180 | 93,058 |
| Croatia | 21 | 1:201,362 | 24,020 |
| Czechia | 18 | 1:590,748 | 58,011 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Uruguay | 14 | 1:245,126 | 18,218 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Hungary | 11 | 1:892,389 | 45,166 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Panama | 11 | 1:355,660 | 7,645 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Paraguay | 9 | 1:804,083 | 8,568 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 1:78,350 | 887 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 120 | 1:203,128 | 16,084 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:178,248 | 6,976 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16,321 | 1:3,077 | 356 |
Zimmerman (190) may also be a first name.
Zimmerman Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Ger.) Carpenter.
(Ger.) Carpenter [from Ger. zimmer, room, timber, timber-building; Middle High German zimber, O.H.Ger. zimbar + Ger. mann, O.H.Gee. man(n, man]
(German) One who worked in wood, a carpenter.
(from an ancestor's occupation) “Carpenter,” in German.
User-submitted Reference
A Germanic Surname, meaning 'carpenter'.
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Zimmerman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zimmerman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zimmerman (Arabic: زمرمان, Russian: Зиммерман) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zimmerman? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,449th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,680 people. The surname Zimmerman occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Zimmerman reside; 91 percent reside in North America and 91 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Zimmerman is also the 659,352nd most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 190 people.
The surname Zimmerman is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 111,528 people, or 1 in 3,250. In The United States it is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 12 percent reside, California, where 7 percent reside and Ohio, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname is found in 106 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent reside and Curaçao, where 3 percent reside.
Zimmerman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Zimmerman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zimmerman surname grew 683 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 380 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 152 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 750 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Zimmerman Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Zimmerman last name are 34.21% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.44% being registered with the party.
The amount Zimmerman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 123.02% more than the national average, earning S/. 43,232 per year; in South Africa they earn 38.37% more than the national average, earning R 328,812 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.03% more than the national average, earning $23,162,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.05% more than the national average, earning $44,464 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.05% more than the national average, earning $55,172 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zimmerman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmerman in the Russian language | ||
| Зиммерман | zimmerman | - |
| Zimmerman in the Arabic language | ||
| زمرمان | zmrman | - |
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