# Simien (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,495 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,486 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 206,519 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (1,259 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Simien 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) | 5.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 5.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Simien in the United States.

## People named Simien

- Wayne Simien, American basketball player (born 1983)
- Justin Simien, American film director

## Similar surnames

Simon, Simone, Simeone, Simeon, Simoneau, Simmon, Simoni, Semien, Shannon, Seaman, Shuman, Shanahan.

## 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.