Kimmich
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Bearer count 498; plate shows consonant variation in the surname cluster Kim(m)ich, with -ch/-g alternation
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkɪmɪtʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kimmich is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 365K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 840K
- ARArgentina1 in 1.2M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 78 (measured from records)
- 1 in 365K (inferred from the name graph)
396 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Bearer count 498; plate shows consonant variation in the surname cluster Kim(m)ich, with -ch/-g alternation.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kimmich 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 396 | 1 in 840K | 396 | Kimmich | 33 |
| AR Argentina | 38 | 1 in 1.2M | 38 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 23 | 1 in 365K | 23 | Kimmich | 5 |
| PL Poland | 3 | 1 in 13M | 3 | Kimmich | 1 |
| BE Belgium | 3 | 1 in 3.9M | 3 | — | 1 |
| CZ Czechia | 2 | 1 in 5.4M | 2 | — | — |
396 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; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); MVČR — living population register 2017. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Kimmich is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Occupational surname in merchant context; likely a dealer's name.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
from the Alemannic dialect word Kim(m)ich ‘cumin’, ‘caraway’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a spicer. See Kimmel.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Karl Kimmichb. 1880DEGerman banker
- Wilhelm Kimmichb. 1897DEGerman painter (1897-1987)
- Rainer Kimmichb. 1941scientist
- John Kimmichb. 1950American photographer (born 1950)
- Dorothee Kimmichb. 1961DEGerman professor
- Christian Kimmichb. 1980DEGerman economist
- Joshua Kimmichb. 1995DEGerman association football player (born 1995)
- Helmut P. Kimmichentomologist
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 396 | #52,383 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 384 | #51,024 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 377 | #58,182 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 38 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 23 | #33,003 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 3 | #128,077 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #269,161 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 2 | #197,012 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Kimmich mean, and where does it come from?
- Bearer count 498; plate shows consonant variation in the surname cluster Kim(m)ich, with -ch/-g alternation. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus.
- How do you pronounce Kimmich?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɪmɪtʃ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Kimmich have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 396 people named Kimmich, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kimmich.
- Where is Kimmich most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kimmich is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 365 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Kimmich?
- In the United States, the national register counted 396 people named Kimmich in 2010, about 1 in 840 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kimmichThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Kimmich”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.