Explore the Family Name Limmer

The meaning of Limmer

1. English: occupational name for an illuminator of manuscripts, from Middle English luminour, lymnour, Old French enlumineor, illumineor. 2. German: habitational name from any of several places so named in northern Germany. 3. German: nickname from Middle High German limmen ‘to roar, to cry furiously’. Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Kurt.

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How common is the last name Limmer in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Limmer has seen some changes from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 29,261 in terms of popularity and dropped to 35,447 by 2010 - a decline of 21.14%. The count of people with this surname also decreased from 762 in 2000 to 635 in 2010, marking a 16.67% decrease. The proportion of individuals with the Limmer surname per 100k people fell by 21.43%, from 0.28 in 2000 to 0.22 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,261	#35,447	-21.14%
Count	762	635	-16.67%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.22	-21.43%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Limmer

When considering the ethnicity of people with the Limmer surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. However, there was a small decrease in the percentage who identified as such from 97.24% in 2000 to 95.59% in 2010. There was also an increase in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander (from 0.92% to 1.10%) and Hispanic (from 0.79% to 2.36%). The percentage identifying as two or more ethnicities slightly increased from 0.92% to 0.94%. Meanwhile, no change was observed among those who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.24%	95.59%	-1.7%
Hispanic	0.79%	2.36%	198.73%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.92%	1.1%	19.57%
Two or More Races	0.92%	0.94%	2.17%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%