The Timmermans surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 450 people carried this name — #47,186 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 18% from 380 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Timmermans surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From Timmerman + -s.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Timmermans» (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 5,658 people named Timmermans 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 Limburg.
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 185 people named Timmermans.
55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Nord.
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
36 people named Timmermans live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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
Timmermans in American newspapers,
1891–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,498 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Timmermans,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexis Timmermans 1801–1864 · mathematician -
Felix Timmermans 1886–1947 · writer -
Jos Timmermans 1915–1995 · politician -
Annie Timmermans 1919–1958 · swimmer -
Frans Timmermans 1921–2005 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 116 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Timmermans.
- 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
- Timmerman 7,569 · 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
- Tinnes 376 · U.S. census
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