How common is the surname Simental?

3,950 people in the United States had the surname Simental in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,163 Americans. It ranked 8,380th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Simental getting more or less common?

More common. 2,832 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,950 in 2010, up 40%.

The surname Simental

A surname, carried by 3,950 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S553

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Simental is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,950 people named Simental in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,163 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,832.

#8,380

rank among US surnames

3,950

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+39.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,424)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,373	Greenleaf	3,954	78,084
#8,375	Dunford	3,952	78,124
#8,377	Kalinowski	3,951	78,144
#8,380	Zuber	3,950	78,163
#8,383	Vierra	3,949	78,183
#8,385	Trost	3,948	78,203

Who is named Simental

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

95% of people named Simental identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Simental

Simental has the Soundex code S553, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S553.

Questions

How common is the surname Simental?: 3,950 people in the United States had the surname Simental in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,163 Americans. It ranked 8,380th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Simental?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Simental identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Simental getting more or less common?: More common. 2,832 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,950 in 2010, up 40%.