Simões Surname
Approximately 119,564 people bear this surname
Simões Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'son of Simão' in portuguese.
Simões Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 43,102 | 1:242 | 43 |
| Angola | 38,650 | 1:698 | 117 |
| Mozambique | 25,955 | 1:1,050 | 255 |
| Brazil | 8,640 | 1:24,777 | 1,117 |
| United States | 713 | 1:508,358 | 42,645 |
| France | 656 | 1:101,254 | 14,874 |
| Australia | 351 | 1:76,911 | 8,987 |
| Canada | 251 | 1:146,795 | 15,033 |
| England | 238 | 1:234,109 | 19,389 |
| South Africa | 165 | 1:328,350 | 30,751 |
| Switzerland | 83 | 1:98,951 | 10,605 |
| India | 78 | 1:9,834,172 | 191,207 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| Luxembourg | 66 | 1:8,796 | 1,392 |
| Netherlands | 55 | 1:307,040 | 36,360 |
| Spain | 54 | 1:865,778 | 34,484 |
| New Zealand | 53 | 1:85,440 | 12,123 |
| Argentina | 45 | 1:949,854 | 60,205 |
| Germany | 39 | 1:2,064,243 | 111,952 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 34 | 1:5,218 | 410 |
| East Timor | 25 | 1:48,637 | 122 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Venezuela | 16 | 1:1,887,755 | 23,347 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Macau | 7 | 1:85,947 | 463 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
The alternate forms: Simoes (136,908) are calculated separately.
Simões (253) may also be a first name.
Simões Surname Meaning
Simões Demographics
Average Male Simões Height
173.61 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Simões Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simões Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simões is found most in Portugal. It may appear in the variant forms: Simoes. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Simões? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,720th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,951 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Simões reside; 54 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Simões is also the 560,146th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 253 people.
This surname is most widely held in Portugal, where it is carried by 43,102 people, or 1 in 242. Apart from Portugal Simões is found in 94 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 32 percent are found and Mozambique, where 22 percent are found.
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