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    The surname Simonton

    A surname, carried by 2,575 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S553

    Simonton: #12,101 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Simonton #12,101, 2,575 people Simonton: #12,101 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Simonton #12,101, 2,575 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Simonton is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,575 people named Simonton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,901 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,582.

    #12,101
    rank among US surnames
    2,575
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #11,245)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,095Sommerville2,577119,808
    #12,099Keltner2,576119,855
    #12,101Daniell2,575119,901
    #12,108Maddock2,574119,948

    Who is named Simonton

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

    85% of people named Simonton identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Simonton

    Simonton has the Soundex code S553, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S553.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Simonton?
    2,575 people in the United States had the surname Simonton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,901 Americans. It ranked 12,101st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Simonton?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Simonton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Simonton getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,575 in 2010, down 0.3%.