The Wimmer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,334 people carried this name — #5,493 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,246 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Wimmer surname
From wimmen, from Medieval Latin vīndēmiō (“to harvest grapes”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wimmer» (German), 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 292 people named Wimmer.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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
227 people named Wimmer live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Poland’s population register
60 people named Wimmer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 105 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 40 people named Wimmer 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 Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
110 people named Wimmer are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Wimmer in American newspapers,
1909–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,599 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wimmer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jakub Wimmer 1754–1822 · entrepreneur -
Anselm Maria Wimmer d. 1965
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Jacob Wimmer 1712–1736 · painter and varnisher
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Maurus Wimmer 1715–1773
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Joseph Wimmer 1742–1824 · physician
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Coelestinus Wimmer 1746–1789
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wimmer.
- Wilms 820 · U.S. census
- Wils 197 · U.S. census
- Wilson 801,882 · U.S. census
- Wilt 8,165 · U.S. census
- Wiltgen 579 · U.S. census
- Wiltzius 277 · U.S. census
- Winckler 901 · U.S. census
- Wind 2,308 · U.S. census
- Windels 190 · U.S. census
- Windstein 113 · U.S. census
- Wine 4,327 · U.S. census
- Wingert 3,383 · U.S. census
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