The Timmerman surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,569 people carried this name — #4,688 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 7,252 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Timmerman surname
A surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Carpenter.
From timmerman. Compound of timmer + man, literally "timber man".
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Timmerman» (Dutch), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,785 people named Timmerman live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 416 people named Timmerman.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Nord.
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 the Nordic population registers
53 people named Timmerman 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
Timmerman in American newspapers,
1912–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,498 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Timmerman,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frans Timmerman 1644–1702 · merchant -
George Bell Timmerman 1912–1994 · judge -
Gert Timmerman 1935–2017 · singer -
Hendrik Timmerman 1943– · conductor -
Martine Baay-Timmerman 1958– · politician -
François Timmerman 1744–1806 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 87 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Timmerman.
- Tillie 475 · U.S. census
- Tillmann 427 · U.S. census
- Tillou 189 · U.S. census
- Tilly 1,315 · U.S. census
- Tilman 1,125 · U.S. census
- Timmel 205 · U.S. census
- Timmermans 450 · U.S. census
- Timon 341 · U.S. census
- Timoteo 645 · U.S. census
- Timothee 333 · U.S. census
- Tine 596 · U.S. census
- Tinelli 241 · U.S. census
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