The Wimer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,571 people carried this name — #9,139 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,600 people counted. That is down 2% from 3,660 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Wimer surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Wigmar’.

His entry covers Wymer and Wimer.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 832 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 35 people named Wimer 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

Buenos Aires Province 23
Misiones 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

22 families named Wimer, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 113 people lived in those households, 5.1 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Wimer, Weimer, Wemer, Wemmer, Wimire, Wimmer, Wimor, Wymer, Wymor, Wymore. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 13
Maryland 3
Virginia 3
New York 2
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 269 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Wimer in American newspapers,
1891–1926.

Newspaper page from Among The Clouds carrying the name Wimer
Among The Clouds 1891-09-04
Newspaper page from Audubon Republican carrying the name Wimer
Audubon Republican 1910-09-08
Newspaper page from San Antonio Light carrying the name Wimer
San Antonio Light 1926-01-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,797 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Wimer in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

79 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wimer. The most, 15, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 25
South Australia 18
New South Wales 16
Queensland 9
Tasmania 5
Western Australia 5
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wimer.

Who carried it

People named Wimer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antonín Wimer 1845–1922 · tailor
  • Marie Wimer 1876–1965 · tennis player

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Wimer,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States261 records

261 records of the Wimer name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 132
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 43
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 31
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 29
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 14
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jack R. Wimer

    Born 1916 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Tulsa; farmer from Mayes County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at G A R Cemetery, Miami, Oklahoma.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jean-Baptiste Wimer

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the John Hancock from Havre, aged 23; farmer. From Bavaria, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert Arnold Wimer

    Born 1949; from Eureka, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 261 records for Wimer in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands13 records

13 records of the Wimer name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 6
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 5
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Adrianus Wimer

    Married in 1835 in Leiden.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Samuel Wimer

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1806 in Heusden.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Lodewijk Wimer

    Baptised in 1773 in Delft.

    Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Wimer in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany6 records

6 records of the Wimer name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Otto Wimer

    From Berlin. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 13 July 1915; then reported missing in the list of 19 September 1916; then reported taken prisoner in the list of 18 December 1916 (Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Wimer

    From Lössel, Iserlohn. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 17 October 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 203).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Georg Wimer

    From Berlin. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 29 September 1916; then reported taken prisoner in the list of 2 November 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 31).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Wimer in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Wimer name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Kidd Wimer

    Will registered in Tasmania in 1928.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Wimer name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Anne Wimer

    Born 1907 in Villé; died 1998 in Schiltigheim (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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