How common is the surname Simmers?

2,497 people in the United States had the surname Simmers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,647 Americans. It ranked 12,440th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Simmers?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Simmers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Simmers getting more or less common?

More common. 2,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,497 in 2010, up 8.2%.

The surname Simmers

A surname, carried by 2,497 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S562

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Simmers is more common than 92.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,497 people named Simmers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,647 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,307.

#12,440

rank among US surnames

2,497

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.2%

change since 2000 (was #12,352)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,432	Soza	2,499	123,548
#12,435	Wittenberg	2,498	123,597
#12,440	Tobler	2,497	123,647
#12,444	Cournoyer	2,496	123,696
#12,447	Coady	2,494	123,795

Who is named Simmers

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

92% of people named Simmers identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Simmers

Simmers has the Soundex code S562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S562.

Questions

How common is the surname Simmers?: 2,497 people in the United States had the surname Simmers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,647 Americans. It ranked 12,440th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Simmers?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Simmers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Simmers getting more or less common?: More common. 2,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,497 in 2010, up 8.2%.