Siman

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Plump, fat

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/sɪmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Siman is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 41K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1M
  • RERéunion≈1 in 3.2K

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.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,200 people, est.

Sources
178 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Réunion, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Plump, fat

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of Islamic Names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Siman 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 Siman is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria—≈3,200 est.≈1 in 68K—Siman16
PH Philippines—≈2,600 est.≈1 in 41K—Siman30
BR Brazil—9991 in 212K999—2
MY Malaysia—≈460 est.≈1 in 70K—Siman15
US United States—3261 in 1M391Siman178
RE Réunion#186≈240 est.≈1 in 3.2K—Siman1
DJ Djibouti—≈140 est.≈1 in 6.7K1—1

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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Journal Officiel — Decret 2023-028, listes des candidats (legislatives 2023). 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)

Siman is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Malaysia, Nigeria, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

    Also written Simán, Şiman, Šiman, Śĭmằn, Śímàń

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Šiman, Șiman, Simán, Si-Man, Şiman

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Philippines, United States, Portugal

    Also written Símãn, Simán, Šiman

  • Russian surname28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Slovak

    Also written Симан, Сіман, Сееман, Сімань, Симань

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Belgium

    Also written Šímán, Simán

  • Khmer surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, Malaysia, Italy

    Also written Simán

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Siman is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Russian, var of Simon.

    as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

  • In Finnish, genitive singular of sima

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ang, inflection of sīma:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In pap, week

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18601880190019201940Harry E. Siman, b. 1869Maurice Siman, b. 1924Jaroslav Siman, b. 1933

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Siman,
InformalHi Siman,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 48 sources across 25 countries.

Official registers attesting Siman
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—999#9,271
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020391#56,436
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000347#55,376
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010326#61,585
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 6

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Siman mean, and where does it come from?
Plump, fat Recorded by Dictionary of Islamic Names.
How do you pronounce Siman?
A machine transcription gives /sɪmən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Siman have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.2 thousand people named Siman in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled siman.
How common is the name Siman?
In Brazil, the national register counted 999 people named Siman, about 1 in 212 thousand residents.
How common is Siman compared with other names?
In Réunion, Siman is the 186th most common surname of 3,012 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, “Siman” — the 186th most common surname in Réunion. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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