Simsson Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Simsson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 37 | 1:266,129 | 18,422 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Simsson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simsson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Simsson is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simsson? popularity and diffusion
The surname Simsson is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Simsson reside; 90 percent reside in Northern Europe and 88 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This surname is most widely held in Sweden, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 266,129. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Gävleborg County, where 59 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 16 percent live and Jönköping County, where 11 percent live. Beside Sweden this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Simsson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Simsson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Simsson last name declined 79 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Simsson
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