Wimmer Family History
Wimmer Name Meaning
German: reduced form of Widmer.German: occupational
name from Middle High German wimmer ‘wine maker’.German:
nickname from Middle High German wim(m)er ‘knotty growth on a
tree trunk’.German: variant of Weimer 2.English: from the Old English personal name Winem?r, a
compound of wine ‘friend’ + m?r ‘famous’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wimmer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wimmer families
 33 - 63  12 - 32 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wimmer families
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9 - 16 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Wimmer last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wimmer Family Origin
Wimmer Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Wimmer
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Wimmer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Wimmer Civil War Service Records
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