Shimel

surname · Latin script

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

Shimel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 746K(measured from records)
  • SXSint Maarten≈1 in 2.5K
  • NONorway≈1 in 116K

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)

446 people, 2010

Sources
147 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Sint Maarten, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shimel 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 Shimel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—4461 in 746K513Shimel147
IN India—≈55 est.≈1 in 24M—Shimel1
NO Norway—≈47 est.≈1 in 116K—Shimel1
CA Canada—≈39 est.≈1 in 956K—Shimel5
ZA South Africa—≈31 est.≈1 in 1.8M—Shimel1
SX Sint Maarten#126≈17 est.≈1 in 2.5K—Shimel1

446 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. 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)

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

  • Hebrew surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, Poland, Hungary

    Also written שימל, Schimmel, Schimel, Shimmel

28 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Shimel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020513#44,979
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000474#42,983
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010446#47,521
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

In which country does Shimel have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 446 people named Shimel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shimel.
How common is the name Shimel?
In the United States, the national register counted 446 people named Shimel in 2010, about 1 in 746 thousand residents.
How common is Shimel compared with other names?
In Sint Maarten, Shimel is the 126th most common surname of 335 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, “Shimel” — the 126th most common surname in Sint Maarten. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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