Simmons Surname

1,766th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 310,693 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Simmons Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Simon,' or Simond with excrescent 'd'. 'Cym, propyr name (Cymund, H. P.), Simon': Promptorium Parvulorum (compare gownd, provincial for gown, ribband and ribbon, Hammond for Hamon, v.

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Simmons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States254,8581:1,422106
England24,3451:2,289289
Australia9,9781:2,706363
Canada7,7201:4,773676
New Zealand1,5251:2,969453
Trinidad and Tobago1,2001:1,137170
Bahamas9521:41293
South Africa8921:60,7377,670
Wales7701:4,019436
Bermuda7271:904
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines7201:15624
Scotland6241:8,5801,251
Fiji5031:1,778254
Barbados4451:646174
Turks and Caicos Islands4451:7714
France3741:177,60127,675
Panama3551:11,020948
Netherlands3171:53,2729,142
Guyana2521:3,025559
Jamaica2521:11,3891,187
Ireland2361:19,9532,067
Thailand2151:328,55056,687
Germany1851:435,16539,058
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Antigua and Barbuda1441:689118
Spain1371:341,25619,726
Northern Ireland1331:13,8721,952
Dominican Republic1311:79,6413,650
Brazil1171:1,829,69559,051
Belize1021:3,485679
Sweden981:100,4777,289
Venezuela961:314,6267,121
Japan871:1,469,47524,192
Philippines871:1,163,65892,852
Nicaragua811:74,3341,674
Aruba741:1,398191
Singapore731:75,4483,146
Argentina671:637,96144,681
India671:11,448,737210,278
Kuwait671:56,7276,926
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Russia661:2,183,683132,197
United States Virgin Islands611:1,809297
Mexico521:2,387,04220,469
Liberia511:86,4427,100
Costa Rica481:99,5851,699
Honduras461:191,6622,202
Grenada441:2,467404
Switzerland411:200,31517,548
Belgium371:310,72035,739
Saint Lucia371:4,832674
Norway341:151,24418,822
Italy301:2,038,55689,453
Nigeria301:5,904,759145,253
Ghana291:931,74811,477
Malaysia291:1,017,04245,504
Jersey251:3,968780
Denmark221:256,57819,736
Guam211:7,6251,143
Cayman Islands201:3,195435
Ecuador171:935,63814,108
China141:97,665,8265,141
Afghanistan121:2,679,43217,028
Saint Kitts and Nevis121:4,600509
South Korea121:4,270,021781
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Georgia101:374,55415,620
Gibraltar101:3,395741
Colombia91:5,308,23018,838
Kazakhstan91:1,964,72289,832
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
British Virgin Islands61:5,266561
Egypt61:15,322,62662,302
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Guatemala51:3,216,5347,141
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Sri Lanka51:4,161,71212,121
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Curaçao41:39,312638
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Cook Islands31:6,0601,122
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Isle of Man31:28,6073,614
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Sudan31:12,503,39814,123
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Bangladesh21:79,678,38625,993
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Laos21:3,294,1621,900
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malta11:430,2723,380
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2891:15,3281,943
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11,8931:2,050291
Wales2621:5,986391
Scotland1171:31,9932,667
Jersey211:2,471410
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States38,7811:1,295123

Simmons (865) may also be a first name.

Simmons Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Simon,' or Simond with excrescent 'd'. 'Cym, propyr name (Cymund, H. P.), Simon': Promptorium Parvulorum (compare gownd, provincial for gown, ribband and ribbon, Hammond for Hamon, v. Hammon). One of the most popular font-names of the surname period (v. Sim, Simkin, Simcock). Our directories teem with examples. So do the early rolls. No connexion with Sigismund.

'He sit neither with Seint Johan, Symond, ne Jude." - Piers Plowman.

'Awake, Simond, the fend is on me fall.' Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales.

John Simond, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Nicholas Simond, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

John Symondes, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

'Johannes that was seruant of Symond Godewyne of Salthous': Patent Roll, 17 Ric.

Robert Symond von.: Priory of Finchale (Surtees Society).

Marquis Symondesson. Rolls of Parliament.

Alicia relicta Symonys, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johanna Symond, 1379: ibid.

Sir Simond Musgrave, 1582: Nicolson and Burn, History Westmorland and Cumberland.

Symond Puthperker, of Muncke-Coniston, 1640: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

Simond Battie, of Burrow, 1623: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Simmon(d)’s (Son).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The son of Simon or Simeon (gracious hearing).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

This name is generally understood to be a derivative of Simon; but it may have come from the Domesday name Simund, which is distinct from Simon. A family of Simmons who have been resident for three centuries and a half at Seaford, co. Sussex, have evidently corrupted their appellative from Seaman; and it has gone through the following phases since the year 1553:-Seman, Seaman, Seamans, Semons, Simons, Simonds, Simmonds, Symonds, Symmonds, and Simmons. The name Seman is of very frequent occurrence in the records of the Cinque Ports, and other places on the Kent and Sussex coast, in the XIII., XIV., and subsequent centuries. It has doubtless had many distinct origins from many an "ancient mariner" of that region. In the year 1294, the ship "De la Bochere," of Winchelsea, was commanded by Benedict Seman, who doubtless obtained his name from his occupation. See Cooper's Winchelsea, p. 55.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A corruption of Simeon or Simon.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

From McSim-een, Little Simon's Son'.

'Dermot MacSimon slain, ' a.d. 1366. Fraser, Lord Lovat, who was born in 1666, was called MacShimidh Baldu, 'the black-spotted son of Simon', from a black spot on his upper lip.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

Simmons Last Name Facts

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

The surname Simmons (Arabic: سيمونس, Bengali: সিমন্স, Russian: Симмонс) occurs most in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Simmons.

How Common Is The Last Name Simmons? popularity and diffusion

Simmons is the 1,766th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 23,456 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Simmons live; 82 percent live in North America and 82 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 276,748th most commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 865 people.

Simmons is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 254,858 people, or 1 in 1,422. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States Simmons exists in 136 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

Simmons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Simmons has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Simmons last name rose 657 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 205 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 294 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 533 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 18 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Simmons Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Simmons last name is principally Anglican (56%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Simmons surname are 9.67% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.44% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Simmons earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 30.4% less than the national average, earning 240,883 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 45.67% more than the national average, earning R 346,164 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.24% less than the national average, earning $17,652,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.48% less than the national average, earning $39,489 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.92% more than the national average, earning $50,142 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shimmons93253/
Simmonns9345/
Scimmons9324/
Simmonss937/
Simmoons937/
Simmomns936/
Simmoins933/
Simnmons933/
Simmmons932/
Jsimmons931/
Hsimmons931/
Sismmons931/
Simmoens931/
Simmonst931/
Siemmons931/
Simmeons931/
Sinmmons930/
Simons9289,392/
D'Simmons882/
Schimmons881/
Simoens862,937/
Siemons862,444/
Symmons861,093/
Simonse861,051/
Simeons86185/
Semmons86161/
Simmans86150/
Simoons86136/
Simonsz86119/
Simmoms86109/
Zimmons8641/
Saimons8633/
Seimons8629/
Jimmons8629/
Simonns8614/
Cimmons8612/
Simonss869/
Simoins864/
Simmuns864/
Gimmons864/
Simmonz862/
Scimons861/
Sinmons861/
Simoëns861/
Shimons860/
Geesimmons821/
Shimmans8026/
Siemoens8026/
Simonnæs8025/
Saaimons8015/
Simonstø802/
Simmonce801/
Shemmons801/
Simoenss801/
Siemonse801/
Simosins801/
Seijmons801/
Seammons800/
Siemoons800/
Saymmons800/
Symons7720,646/
Semons77335/
Simans77146/
Simonz7754/
Cimons7718/
Simoms7714/
Simuns7710/
Zimons774/
Simonx771/
Gimons770/
Simonsová756/
Seamons711,843/
Symoens71691/
Ziemons71541/
Symmans71185/
Zimonse7188/
Simonje7170/
Saimans7167/
Siemans7159/
Seymons7142/
Caimons7134/
Saymons7120/
Symonsz7118/
Scemons7116/
Gimonse718/
Seimans714/
Sihmans714/
Symonns713/
Semonsz713/
Simonce713/
Zemmons712/
Scheimmans712/
Semoins712/
Chimons711/
Jaimons711/
Gemmons711/
Xsymons711/
Simaans711/
Shimans711/
Semmoms711/
Jimonse711/
Cimmans711/
Symoins711/
Simanse711/
Seemons710/
Semmans710/
Zeimons710/
Cemmons710/
Seimonz710/
Zimmans710/
Symonss710/
Synmons710/
Semonns710/
Symouns710/
Simmance67159/
Saaimans67143/
Shemmans67139/
Shimonje6775/
Seymoens6774/
Zimonsse6716/
Saaymons674/
Seameons672/
Djimonse672/
Simutins671/
Seammans670/
Chemmons670/
Saymoens670/

Simmons Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Simmons in the Bengali language
সিমন্সsimansa-
Simmons in the Russian language
Симмонсsimmons-
Simmons in the Arabic language
سيمونسsymwns-

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