The Schimmel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,064 people carried this name — #10,484 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 96,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,811 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Schimmel surname
From the adjective schimmel (“grey”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Schimmel» (Dutch), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Schimmel.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Schimmel live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 print
Schimmel in American newspapers,
1916–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,090 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schimmel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hendrik Jan Schimmel 1823–1906 · writer -
Matthias Schimmel 1566–1632 · pastor
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Johann Ludwig Schimmel 1588–1637 · painter
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Gerrit Schimmel 1666–1685 · painter
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Lohelius Ivan Schimmel 1779–1806 · religious
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Friedrich Schimmel 1804–1885 · military leader
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schimmel.
- Schille 134 · U.S. census
- Schiller 9,132 · U.S. census
- Schilling 16,546 · U.S. census
- Schillinger 2,614 · U.S. census
- Schilt 385 · U.S. census
- Schiltz 1,758 · U.S. census
- Schimmer 195 · U.S. census
- Schimpf 1,507 · U.S. census
- Schindler 9,801 · U.S. census
- Schipman 162 · U.S. census
- Schira 364 · U.S. census
- Schirm 467 · U.S. census
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