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    The surname Simer

    An English occupational surname, carried by 566 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S560

    Simer: #38,948 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Simer #38,948, 566 people Simer: #38,948 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Simer #38,948, 566 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Simer is more common than 76% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Occupational surname for a roper or loader, from an agent derivative of Middle English sime (“cord, rope”) or simen (“to load”).

    Simer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 566 people named Simer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 474.

    #38,948
    rank among US surnames
    566
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.4%
    change since 2000 (was #42,983)

    Who is named Simer

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

    91% of people named Simer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as two or more races and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Two or more races 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Simer

    Simer has the Soundex code S560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S560.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Simer come from?
    Occupational surname for a roper or loader, from an agent derivative of Middle English sime (“cord, rope”) or simen (“to load”).
    How common is the surname Simer?
    566 people in the United States had the surname Simer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. It ranked 38,948th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Simer?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Simer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Simer?
    Simer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Simer getting more or less common?
    More common. 474 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 566 in 2010, up 19%.