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    The surname Simmon

    A surname, carried by 1,390 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S550

    Simmon: #19,441 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Simmon #19,441, 1,390 people Simmon: #19,441 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Simmon #19,441, 1,390 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Simmon is more common than 88% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,390 people named Simmon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,119 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,612.

    #19,441
    rank among US surnames
    1,390
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -13.8%
    change since 2000 (was #16,436)

    Who is named Simmon

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

    51% of people named Simmon identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 42%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Simmon

    Simmon 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 Simmon?
    1,390 people in the United States had the surname Simmon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,119 Americans. It ranked 19,441st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Simmon?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Simmon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Simmon getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,612 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,390 in 2010, down 14%.