How common is the surname Fitzsimmons?

9,260 people in the United States had the surname Fitzsimmons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,342 Americans. It ranked 3,826th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fitzsimmons?

Bob Fitzsimmons, British boxer (1863-1917), followed by Cotton Fitzsimmons.

Where is the surname Fitzsimmons most common?

Wikidata records people named Fitzsimmons in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.

Is the surname Fitzsimmons getting more or less common?

More common. 9,095 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,260 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Fitzsimmons

A surname, carried by 9,260 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fitzsimmons is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,260 people named Fitzsimmons in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,342 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,095.

#3,826

rank among US surnames

9,260

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,589)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,817	Wiese	9,287	33,245
#3,818	Maas	9,285	33,252
#3,819	Joe	9,280	33,270
#3,820	Whitson	9,273	33,295
#3,822	Bohn	9,272	33,299
#3,823	Bourne	9,270	33,306
#3,824	Hanes	9,268	33,313

Who is named Fitzsimmons

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Fitzsimmons identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fitzsimmonss

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bob Fitzsimmons
British boxer (1863-1917)
Cotton Fitzsimmons
American basketball coach (1931–2004)
Riley Fitzsimmons
Australian canoeist, born 1996
William Fitzsimmons
American musician, born 1978

Notable Fitzsimmonss come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and Australia (1).

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Fitzsimons

Fitzsimmons has the Soundex code F325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F325.

Questions

How common is the surname Fitzsimmons?: 9,260 people in the United States had the surname Fitzsimmons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,342 Americans. It ranked 3,826th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fitzsimmons?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fitzsimmons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fitzsimmons?: Bob Fitzsimmons, British boxer (1863-1917), followed by Cotton Fitzsimmons.
Where is the surname Fitzsimmons most common?: Wikidata records people named Fitzsimmons in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.
Is the surname Fitzsimmons getting more or less common?: More common. 9,095 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,260 in 2010, up 1.8%.