Simkus Surname
Approximately 1,168 people bear this surname
Simkus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 389 | 1:7,801 | 1,351 |
| United States | 295 | 1:1,228,674 | 87,029 |
| Latvia | 118 | 1:17,373 | 2,568 |
| Australia | 108 | 1:249,960 | 23,064 |
| England | 72 | 1:773,862 | 42,299 |
| Canada | 63 | 1:584,851 | 48,473 |
| Norway | 28 | 1:183,653 | 21,594 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Šimkus (5,214) are calculated separately.
Simkus Demographics
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Simkus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simkus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simkus is carried by more people in Lithuania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Šimkus. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simkus? popularity and diffusion
The surname Simkus is the 320,056th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 6,239,337 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Simkus are found; 55 percent are found in Northern Europe and 43 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
This last name is most frequently used in Lithuania, where it is borne by 389 people, or 1 in 7,801. In Lithuania Simkus is mostly found in: Klaipėda County, where 46 percent reside, Panevėžys County, where 25 percent reside and Kaunas County, where 17 percent reside. Other than Lithuania this last name exists in 23 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Latvia, where 10 percent reside.
Simkus Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Simkus are 2.56% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.67% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Simkus earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.89% less than the national average, earning 259,925 kr per year; in United States they earn 6.71% less than the national average, earning $40,254 USD per year and in Canada they earn 44.02% more than the national average, earning $71,553 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šimkus | 94 | 5,214 | / |
| Shimkus | 92 | 1,755 | / |
| Szimkus | 92 | 8 | / |
| Simkuss | 92 | 1 | / |
| Schimkus | 86 | 397 | / |
| Shimckus | 86 | 5 | / |
| Shimmkus | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zimkus | 83 | 125 | / |
| Žimkus | 83 | 56 | / |
| Semkus | 83 | 17 | / |
| Simkos | 83 | 3 | / |
| Cimkus | 83 | 3 | / |
| Symkus | 83 | 2 | / |
| Simcus | 83 | 0 | / |
| Schimkuhs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Schimkust | 80 | 1 | / |
| Szemkus | 77 | 106 | / |
| Shymkus | 77 | 92 | / |
| Zhimkus | 77 | 44 | / |
| Shemkus | 77 | 24 | / |
| Shimkos | 77 | 17 | / |
| Szymkus | 77 | 17 | / |
| Ziemkus | 77 | 16 | / |
| Šimkuss | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zimkuss | 77 | 1 | / |
| Szymkusz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schimkuß | 71 | 1 | / |
| Semkos | 67 | 68 | / |
| Zemkus | 67 | 12 | / |
| Cymkus | 67 | 4 | / |
| Simcoes | 62 | 2 | / |
| Szymkuś | 62 | 1 | / |
| Cimcuz | 50 | 3 | / |
| Semcos | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Simkus
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