How common is the surname Simek?

1,371 people in the United States had the surname Simek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,197 Americans. It ranked 19,654th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Simek?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Simek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Simek?

Rudolf Simek, Austrian philologist and Germanist, followed by Frank Simek.

Where is the surname Simek most common?

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

Is the surname Simek getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,371 in 2010, down 5.5%.

The surname Simek

A Czech surname, carried by 1,371 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Simek is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech Šimek.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,371 people named Simek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,197 Americans. That is down 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,451.

#19,654

rank among US surnames

1,371

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-5.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,791)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,646	Garrigan	1,372	225,033
#19,654	Punch	1,371	225,197

Who is named Simek

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

96% of people named Simek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

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

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Simeks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rudolf Simek
Austrian philologist and Germanist, born 1954
Frank Simek
Association football player, born 1984

Notable Simeks come mostly from Austria (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Simek

Simek has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Simek come from?: Borrowed from Czech Šimek.
How common is the surname Simek?: 1,371 people in the United States had the surname Simek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,197 Americans. It ranked 19,654th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Simek?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Simek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Simek?: Rudolf Simek, Austrian philologist and Germanist, followed by Frank Simek.
Where is the surname Simek most common?: Wikidata records people named Simek in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Simek getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,371 in 2010, down 5.5%.