Schimmel Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

The Schimmel family name is well attested in modern population records. 3,064 Americans were listed as Schimmel in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames. Between 1891 and 2000, 111 babies born in France were registered as Schimmel, with the most births in 1951–1960. Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Schimmel, so we research it family by family rather than guess.

Wikidata records Schimmel as a German family name.

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the Schimmel name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned. Get the complete Schimmel report, with a museum-style coat of arms.