Sïmë

surname · Latin script

Sïmë is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Scotland: esp. Angus. see Sim .

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 252K(measured from records)
  • DODominican Republic≈1 in 3.2M
  • DKDenmark1 in 245K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,322 people, 2010

Sources
80 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 245K (inferred from the name graph)

Denmark

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sime in DO Dominican Republic, US United States, AR Argentina and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Scotland: esp. Angus. see Sim . 2442 Simeon • Current frequencies: GB 222, Ireland 0 • GB frequency 1881: 109 • Main GB location 1881: WR Yorks and Lancs; Middx English: relationship name from the Middle English personal name Simeon, in origin the Biblical name Shimeon, said to be based on a Hebrew root meaning ‘hearken, listen’. It is generally regarded as a different name from Greek Simon , although there has been some confusion between the two.

Sources 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sïmë counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sïmë is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—1,3221 in 252K1.7KSime80
BR Brazil—1711 in 1.2M171Sime28
ES Spain—1221 in 410K122Sime24
AR Argentina—701 in 650K70Sime20
DK Denmark—241 in 245K24——
CR Costa Rica—111 in 463K11Sime5
DO Dominican Republic#310≈3 est.≈1 in 3.2M—Sime19

1,322 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sïmë is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Morocco, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

    Also written Sime, Şime, Simé, Šime, Sîmę

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Sïmë under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Sïmë mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Scotland: esp. Angus. see Sim . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history] and 1 other source.
In which country does Sïmë have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.3 thousand people named Sïmë, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sime.
Where is Sïmë most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sïmë is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 245 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Sïmë?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,322 people named Sïmë in 2010, about 1 in 252 thousand residents.
How common is Sïmë compared with other names?
In the Dominican Republic, Sïmë is the 310th most common surname of 26,844 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sïmë” — the 310th most common surname in Dominican Republic. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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