Last Name LARIMER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The lorimer, a maker of horses bits, etc.
Origin English

Rank 11,388 (2000 US census) 15,447 (1990 US census)
Count 2,537 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 96.29%, or 2443 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.35%, or 9 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.59%, or 15 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.35%, or 9 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.3%, or 33 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.1%, or 28 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...


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