# Simmonds (surname)

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

An English patronymic surname from the given name Simon.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,379 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,591 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 70,506 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (3,777 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Simmonds 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) | 62% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Simmonds in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Simmonds

- Millicent Simmonds, American actress
- Kerry Simmonds, American rower
- Posy Simmonds, British cartoonist and writer
- Hayley Simmonds, British bicycle racer
- Joshua Simmonds, Australian field hockey player

## Similar surnames

Simonds, Symonds, Simonton, Simonet, Simental, Simonetti, Swaminathan.

## 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.