The Schimpf surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,507 people carried this name — #18,378 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,429 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,070 people named Schimpf 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 Entre Ríos.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 163 people named Schimpf.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
49 people named Schimpf live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
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.
Who carried it
People named Schimpf,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Pierre Schimpf 1812–1886 · politician -
Ernst Schimpf 1855–1905 · pedagogue -
Friedrich Schimpf 1747–1808 · military officer
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Johannis Schimpf 1780–1845 · military personnel
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Johannes Schimpf 1805–1827 · military officer
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Carl Ferdinand Schimpf 1806–1868 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schimpf.
- Schilling 16,546 · U.S. census
- Schillinger 2,614 · U.S. census
- Schilt 385 · U.S. census
- Schiltz 1,758 · U.S. census
- Schimmel 3,064 · U.S. census
- Schimmer 195 · U.S. census
- Schindler 9,801 · U.S. census
- Schipman 162 · U.S. census
- Schira 364 · U.S. census
- Schirm 467 · U.S. census
- Schirmer 3,428 · U.S. census
- Schiro 1,832 · U.S. census
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