Riemer
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from the occupation of leatherworker/strap maker
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɹimɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Riemer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 160K(measured from records)
- PLPoland1 in 172K
- GLGreenland1 in 262as Reimer
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Riemer itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 29 (measured from records)
- 1 in 160K (inferred from the name graph)
9,055 named Reimer, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the occupation of leatherworker/strap maker
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Riemer 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 | 9,055as Reimer | 1 in 37K | 9.1K | Riemer | 29 |
| BR Brazil | 552as Reimer | 1 in 384K | 552 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | 538as Reimer | 1 in 11K | 538 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | 479as Reimer | 1 in 21K | 479 | — | — |
| AR Argentina | 258as Reimer | 1 in 176K | 258 | — | — |
| PL Poland | 223 | 1 in 172K | 116 | — | 1 |
| GL Greenland | 220as Reimer | 1 in 262 | 220 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | 108 | 1 in 160K | 962 | — | 2 |
| UY Uruguay | 60as Reimer | 1 in 56K | 60 | — | — |
9,055 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling reimer. 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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Statistics Greenland — Surnames (NAXT1); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)
Riemer is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, maker of straps; also from place-name Riem
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, name for a maker of leather reins and similar articles, Ger. Riemer and Yid. rimer belt-maker (MHG riemcere, an agent deriv. of rieme(n) strap, belt, thong, OHG riomo). Rigglesford see Wrigglesworth Var.: Riefstahl. Rigley see Wrigley Rihanek see Gregory Vars.: Ger.: Rieme, Rie(h)m (metonymic); Riem(en)schneider (see Schneider). Jewish: Rimer; Rymer (E Ashkenazic, a Pol.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In German, a craftsman who makes straps and other leather items
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Berufsname zu mhd. rieme 'Riemen, Band, Gürtel'; Belegzahl 3684.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, berufsbezogener Familienname: Riemer, Hersteller oder Verkäufer von Riemen/Lederbändern
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
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)
- Isaac De Reimerb. 1666USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician
- Friedrich Wilhelm Riemerb. 1774PLGerman writer
- Julius Riemerb. 1880DEGerman naturalist and collector (1880-1958)
- Hans Riemerb. 1901ATAustrian politician
- Horst Ludwig Riemerb. 1933DEGerman politician (1933-2017)
- Josef A. Riemerb. 1950ATAustrian politician
- Yvon Riemerb. 1970FRFrench amateur wrestler
- Hans Riemerb. 1972USAmerican politician
- Brian Riemerb. 1978Danish football coach
- Daniel Riemerb. 1986USAmerican politician in Wisconsin (born 1986)
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 34 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3K | #10,548 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3K | #10,056 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.9K | #10,643 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 166 | #42,753 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 149 | #3,601 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 116 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 116 | #26,634 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 108 | #17,943 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 107 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 107 | #28,021 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 63 | #10,470 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 54 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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 Riemer mean, and where does it come from?
- from the occupation of leatherworker/strap maker Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Riemer?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹimɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Riemer have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 9.1 thousand people named Reimer, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Riemer most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Riemer is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 160 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Riemer?
- In Poland, the national register counted 223 people named Riemer in 2026, about 1 in 172 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/riemerThe 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, “Riemer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.