Simenon Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Simenon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simenon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1581:72,76411,604
Netherlands471:359,30239,900
France61:11,070,454349,096
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Simenon (14) may also be a first name.

Simenon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Simenon Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Simenon is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Simenon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,067,497th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Simenon reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 72 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.

The last name Simenon is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 72,764. In Belgium Simenon is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 75 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 24 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Belgium this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 20 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Simenon
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