How common is the surname Simonson?

8,968 people in the United States had the surname Simonson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,427 Americans. It ranked 3,965th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Simonson?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Simonson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Simonson?

Walt Simonson, American comic book writer and artist (born 1946).

Where is the surname Simonson most common?

Wikidata records people named Simonson in the United States.

Is the surname Simonson getting more or less common?

More common. 8,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,968 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Simonson

A patronymic surname, carried by 8,968 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Simonson is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

From Simon + -son.

Simonson is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,968 people named Simonson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,427 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,675.

#3,965

rank among US surnames

8,968

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,753)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,956	Sigler	8,992	34,336
#3,957	Neuman	8,982	34,374
#3,958	Sevilla	8,980	34,381
#3,959	Pollack	8,977	34,393
#3,960	Ridgeway	8,975	34,401
#3,961	Bourque	8,973	34,408
#3,962	Wilks	8,972	34,412

Who is named Simonson

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

93% of people named Simonson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Simonsons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Walt Simonson
American comic book writer and artist (born 1946)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Simonson

Simonson has the Soundex code S552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S552.

Questions

Where does the surname Simonson come from?: From Simon + -son.
How common is the surname Simonson?: 8,968 people in the United States had the surname Simonson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,427 Americans. It ranked 3,965th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Simonson?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Simonson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Simonson?: Walt Simonson, American comic book writer and artist (born 1946).
Where is the surname Simonson most common?: Wikidata records people named Simonson in the United States.
What type of surname is Simonson?: Simonson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Simonson getting more or less common?: More common. 8,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,968 in 2010, up 3.4%.