Simen Surname
Approximately 3,557 people bear this surname
Simen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,328 | 1:15,639 | 2,133 |
| Israel | 660 | 1:12,966 | 1,979 |
| Thailand | 430 | 1:164,275 | 26,316 |
| Indonesia | 296 | 1:446,788 | 37,223 |
| Turkey | 192 | 1:405,320 | 24,536 |
| Papua New Guinea | 140 | 1:58,241 | 7,447 |
| United States | 116 | 1:3,124,646 | 180,867 |
| Romania | 97 | 1:206,988 | 20,444 |
| Malaysia | 53 | 1:556,495 | 27,316 |
| Brazil | 42 | 1:5,097,008 | 130,362 |
| Germany | 40 | 1:2,012,636 | 110,053 |
| Russia | 28 | 1:5,147,252 | 226,919 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 42 | 1:1,195,683 | 67,545 |
The alternate forms: Šimen (1) & Simén (1) are calculated separately.
Simen (4,853) may also be a first name.
Simen Demographics
Average Simen Salary in
United States
$40,831 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Simen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simen (Bengali: সিমেন, Hindi: सीमेन, Marathi: िसमेन, Oriya: ସିେମନ, Russian: Симен) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Šimen or Simén. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Simen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 127,531st most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,048,790 people. The last name Simen occurs mostly in Asia, where 43 percent of Simen live; 37 percent live in Central Africa and 37 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Simen is also the 98,023rd most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 4,853 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,328 people, or 1 in 15,639. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 39 percent live, Centre Region, where 35 percent live and West Region, where 15 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 43 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 19 percent live and Thailand, where 12 percent live.
Simen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Simen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Simen surname grew 276 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Simen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Simen last name are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the party.
Simen earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.37% less than the national average, earning $40,831 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Simen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Simen in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିେମନ | siemana | - |
| Simen in the Marathi language | ||
| िसमेन | isamena | 73.91 |
| सीमेन | simena | 17.39 |
| िसमॅन | isamena | 8.7 |
| Simen in the Bengali language | ||
| সিমেন | simena | 50 |
| সিমিয়ন | simiyana | 50 |
| Simen in the Hindi language | ||
| सीमेन | simena | 50 |
| सिमेन | simena | 50 |
| Simen in the Russian language | ||
| Симен | simen | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Simen
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