Explore the Family Name Zimdars

The meaning of Zimdars

German: habitational name from Zimdarse, a place in Pomerania. Some characteristic forenames: German Gerhard, Kurt, Florian, Heino.

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

The surname Zimdars has seen an increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, it was ranked 42,217th most popular in the United States, but by 2010, it had moved up to rank 38,439th. This represents a positive change of 8.95%. In terms of the number of people carrying this surname, there was also an increase from 484 in 2000 to 576 in 2010, an impressive growth of 19.01%. The proportion of the population with this surname per 100,000 people also increased by 11.11% during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#42,217	#38,439	8.95%
Count	484	576	19.01%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.2	11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Zimdars

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Zimdars has remained predominantly White, based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In both 2000 and 2010, over 96% of those holding the Zimdars surname were identified as White, with a slight decrease of 0.38% over the decade. Meanwhile, the percentage of Hispanic individuals with this last name decreased by 25.27%. Interestingly, there was no reported presence of Asian/Pacific Islander or two or more races in 2000, but these categories did appear in the 2010 census, constituting 0.87% and 1.04% of the Zimdars population respectively. The Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories remained at 0% for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.9%	96.53%	-0.38%
Hispanic	1.86%	1.39%	-25.27%
Two or More Races	0%	1.04%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.87%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%