Hymer

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Americanized spelling of German Heimer

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

/ˈhaɪmɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Hymer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 343K(measured from records)
  • LSLesotho≈1 in 71K
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 150K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

971 people, 2010

Record sources
214 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 71K (inferred from the name graph)

Lesotho, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

Americanized spelling of German Heimer.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Hymer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hymer is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—9711 in 343K1.1KHymer214
MA Morocco—≈190 est.≈1 in 183K—Hymer10
CA Canada—≈180 est.≈1 in 208K—Hymer10
GB United Kingdom—≈120 est.≈1 in 546K—Hymer39
EG Egypt—≈100 est.≈1 in 1M—Hymer2
JO Jordan—≈63 est.≈1 in 171K—Hymer1
NZ New Zealand—≈33 est.≈1 in 150K—Hymer1
LS Lesotho#414≈28 est.≈1 in 71K—Hymer1

971 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Hymer is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, Colombia, Guatemala

    Languages: Spanish, French

    Also written Hymér

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland

    Also written Hymér

  • Swedish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Iceland, Sweden, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian

    Also written Hymér

  • Russian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Хаймер, Хаимер

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
1850190019502000John B. Hymer, b. 1875Warren Hymer, b. 1906Erwin Hymer, b. 1930Stephen Hymer, b. 1934Stacey Hymer, b. 1999

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Hymer,
InformalHello,

Evidence

(measured from records)

12 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Hymer
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.1K#24,589
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001K#23,152
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010971#25,459
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hymer mean, and where does it come from?
Americanized spelling of German Heimer. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Hymer?
A machine transcription gives /ˈhaɪmɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Hymer have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 971 people named Hymer, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hymer.
How common is the name Hymer?
In the United States, the national register counted 971 people named Hymer in 2010, about 1 in 343 thousand residents.
How common is Hymer compared with other names?
In Lesotho, Hymer is the 414th most common surname of 5,753 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hymer” — the 414th most common surname in Lesotho. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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