How common is the surname Symington?

885 people in the United States had the surname Symington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 348,865 Americans. It ranked 27,303rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Symington?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Symington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Symington?

Fife Symington, American politician, followed by Stuart Symington.

Where is the surname Symington most common?

Wikidata records people named Symington in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Is the surname Symington getting more or less common?

More common. 883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 885 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Symington

An English place surname, carried by 885 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). Symington is more common than 83.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the personal name Simon + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Symington is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 885 people named Symington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 348,865 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 883.

#27,303

rank among US surnames

885

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #26,078)

Who is named Symington

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

95% of people named Symington identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Symingtons

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fife Symington
American politician, born 1945
Stuart Symington
American politician (1901-1988)
William Symington
British engineer, 1763–1831
Donald Symington
American actor (1925-2013)

Notable Symingtons come mostly from the United States (3) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Symington

Simington

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Symington come from?: From the personal name Simon + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Symington?: 885 people in the United States had the surname Symington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 348,865 Americans. It ranked 27,303rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Symington?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Symington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Symington?: Fife Symington, American politician, followed by Stuart Symington.
Where is the surname Symington most common?: Wikidata records people named Symington in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
What type of surname is Symington?: Symington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Symington getting more or less common?: More common. 883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 885 in 2010, up 0.2%.