How common is the surname Sime?

1,322 people in the United States had the surname Sime in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,544 Americans. It ranked 20,172nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sime?

In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Sime identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sime?

Dave Sime, American Olympic sprinter, multi-sport athlete, and a pioneering ophthalmologist, who won .

Where is the surname Sime most common?

Wikidata records people named Sime in the United States.

Is the surname Sime getting more or less common?

More common. 1,232 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,322 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Sime

A surname, carried by 1,322 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sime is more common than 87.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,322 people named Sime in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,544 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,232.

#20,172

rank among US surnames

1,322

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,124)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,165	Meckley	1,323	233,368
#20,172	Melchior	1,322	233,544

Who is named Sime

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

63% of people named Sime identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 63%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Simes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dave Sime
American Olympic sprinter, multi-sport athlete, and a pioneering ophthalmologist, who won , 1936–2016

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sime

Sime has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

Questions

How common is the surname Sime?: 1,322 people in the United States had the surname Sime in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,544 Americans. It ranked 20,172nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sime?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Sime identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sime?: Dave Sime, American Olympic sprinter, multi-sport athlete, and a pioneering ophthalmologist, who won .
Where is the surname Sime most common?: Wikidata records people named Sime in the United States.
Is the surname Sime getting more or less common?: More common. 1,232 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,322 in 2010, up 7.3%.