How common is the surname Simien?

1,495 people in the United States had the surname Simien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,519 Americans. It ranked 18,486th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Simien?

Wayne Simien, American basketball player (born 1983), followed by Justin Simien.

Where is the surname Simien most common?

Wikidata records people named Simien in the United States.

Is the surname Simien getting more or less common?

More common. 1,259 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,495 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Simien

A surname, carried by 1,495 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Simien is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,495 people named Simien in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,519 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,259.

#18,486

rank among US surnames

1,495

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+18.7%

change since 2000 (was #19,784)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,478	Melnyk	1,496	206,381
#18,486	Newhall	1,495	206,519

Who is named Simien

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

83% of people named Simien identified as Black (not Hispanic), 5.8% as two or more races and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 83%
Two or more races 5.8%
White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Simiens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Simien

Simien has the Soundex code S550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S550.

Questions

How common is the surname Simien?: 1,495 people in the United States had the surname Simien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,519 Americans. It ranked 18,486th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Simien?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Simien identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Simien?: Wayne Simien, American basketball player (born 1983), followed by Justin Simien.
Where is the surname Simien most common?: Wikidata records people named Simien in the United States.
Is the surname Simien getting more or less common?: More common. 1,259 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,495 in 2010, up 19%.