Nimz
surname · Latin script
Meaning: From poln. Niemiec / obersorb
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/nɪms/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nimz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 78K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1M
- SBSolomon Islands≈1 in 40K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 130 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 40K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Solomon Islands, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From poln. Niemiec / obersorb. Němc / niedersorb. Nimc 'German'; bearer count 730.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nimz 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 78K | listed | Nimz | 78 |
| US United States | 329 | 1 in 1M | 375 | Nimz | 130 |
| KE Kenya | ≈92 est. | ≈1 in 584K | — | Nimz | 4 |
| AU Australia | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 808K | — | Nimz | 6 |
| CA Canada | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 1.3M | — | Nimz | 21 |
| SB Solomon Islands | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 40K | — | Nimz | 1 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 581K | — | Nimz | 1 |
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; the dfa-band-4 register. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ulrike Nimzb. 1983DEGerman journalist
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 13 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 375 | #58,437 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 347 | #55,376 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 329 | #61,123 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 4 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- Where does the name Nimz come from?
- From poln. Niemiec / obersorb. Němc / niedersorb. Nimc 'German'; bearer count 730. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- How do you pronounce Nimz?
- A machine transcription gives /nɪms/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Nimz mean?
- Recorded meaning: From poln. Niemiec / obersorb.
- In which country does Nimz have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 thousand people named Nimz in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nimz.
- How common is the name Nimz?
- In the United States, the national register counted 329 people named Nimz in 2010, about 1 in 1.0 million 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/nimzThe 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, “Nimz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.