The Riemer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,039 people carried this name — #10,548 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 97,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,957 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Riemer surname
Jewish and German surname, from Middle High German riemære (modern German Riemer) and Yiddish רימער (rimer, “leather rein”); see Riemen (“strap”). Also a spelling variant of Reimer.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Riemer» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
157 people named Riemer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 223 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Warmian-Masurian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
79 people named Riemer live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Riemer.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 54 people named Riemer live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
53 people named Riemer is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Riemer in American newspapers,
1875–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,904 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Riemer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johannes Riemer 1648–1714 · writer -
Pieter de Riemer 1769–1831 · physician -
Carl Riemer d. 1897
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Valentin Riemer 1582–1635 · jurist
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Abraham de Riemer 1628–1663
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Johann Adolph Riemer 1633–1690 · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Riemer.
- Riegert 631 · U.S. census
- Riegler 1,039 · U.S. census
- Riehl 3,852 · U.S. census
- Riehm 614 · U.S. census
- Riel 2,125 · U.S. census
- Riem 153 · U.S. census
- Riera 1,604 · U.S. census
- Ries 7,258 · U.S. census
- Riess 1,908 · U.S. census
- Riester 748 · U.S. census
- Riesterer 586 · U.S. census
- Rieth 1,578 · U.S. census
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