Simmerman

Simmerman
Family name
Meaning Carpenter, room builder, variant of Zimmerman
Related names Zimmer (surname), Zimmermann, Zimmerman, Carpenter, Charpentier, Carpentier

Simmerman derives from the German last name Zimmerman which means carpenter. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 15,664st-most common surname.[1]

Simmerman is often confused with Zimmerman and Zimmermann. The "S" was often written or translated into English at hearing the German "Z."[2]

Simmerman may refer to:

People

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References

  1. U.S. Census Bureau; "Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table) Name Files dist.all.last"; published May 9, 1995; <http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last>
  2. Zimmerman - Zimmermann name history - http://www.ancestry.com/facts/simmerman-family-history.ashx
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