# Simek (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/simek/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Czech.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Czech |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,371 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,654 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 225,197 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.5% (1,451 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Šimek.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Simek in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Simek in Austria and the United States.

## People named Simek

- Rudolf Simek, Austrian philologist and Germanist
- Frank Simek, association football player

## Similar surnames

Simko, Sims, Sink, Simões, Shimko, Siems, Shimek, Singh, Saenz, Simms, Song, Sams.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.