as a Last Name
- 17,156
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Zimmer
Meaning & Origins
German: metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, either from Middle High German zim(b)er, zimmer ‘wood’, ‘wooden building’ or a shortening of Zimmermann.
| 1,803rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 17,156
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wisconsin
- has the most people named Zimmer per capita
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