How common is the surname Symons?

2,999 people in the United States had the surname Symons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,949 Americans. It ranked 10,668th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Symons?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Symons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Symons?

Kit Symons, association football player and manager, followed by Emily Symons.

Where is the surname Symons most common?

Wikidata records people named Symons in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Symons getting more or less common?

More common. 2,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,999 in 2010, up 0.8%.

Is Symons also a first name?

Yes. Symons is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Symons

A patronymic surname, carried by 2,999 people in the United States.

2 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). Symons is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

Variant of Simons.

Symons 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 2,999 people named Symons in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,949 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,976.

#10,668

rank among US surnames

2,999

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,992)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,662	Bogdan	3,001	102,881
#10,663	Nee	3,000	102,915
#10,668	Troupe	2,999	102,949
#10,671	Bolivar	2,997	103,018
#10,675	Patin	2,996	103,053

Who is named Symons

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

94% of people named Symons identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Symonss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kit Symons
Association football player and manager, born 1971
Emily Symons
Australian actress, born 1969
Penn Symons
British Army officer, 1843–1899

Notable Symonss come mostly from the United Kingdom (1), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Symons

Symons 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 Symons come from?: Variant of Simons.
How common is the surname Symons?: 2,999 people in the United States had the surname Symons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,949 Americans. It ranked 10,668th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Symons?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Symons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Symons?: Kit Symons, association football player and manager, followed by Emily Symons.
Where is the surname Symons most common?: Wikidata records people named Symons in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Symons?: Symons is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Symons getting more or less common?: More common. 2,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,999 in 2010, up 0.8%.
Is Symons also a first name?: Yes. Symons is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.