Last Name IMM

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Emma, from the nickname Em changed to Im. Thus Imeson is but a variant of Empson, Im or Imm of Emm or Emme, and Ims or Imms of Emms.
Origin English, Irish, Hungarian

Rank 30,831 (2000 US census) 63,137 (1990 US census)
Count 713 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 92.29%, or 658 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 5.19%, or 37 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.98%, or 7 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.26%, or 9 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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