Simé
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Simé 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 .
- DKDenmark1 in 245K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 252K
- CMCameroon≈1 in 349K
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)
- Sources
- 73 (measured from records)
- 1 in 245K (inferred from the name graph)
1,322 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Denmark
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Sime in US United States, CM Cameroon.
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)
Simé 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 1,322 | 1 in 252K | 1.7K | Sime | 67 |
| BR Brazil | — | 171 | 1 in 1.2M | 171 | — | — |
| ES Spain | — | 122 | 1 in 410K | 122 | — | 2 |
| CM Cameroon | #449 | ≈79 est. | ≈1 in 349K | 1 | Sime | 16 |
| AR Argentina | — | 70 | 1 in 650K | 70 | — | 1 |
| DK Denmark | — | 24 | 1 in 245K | 24 | — | — |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 11 | 1 in 463K | 11 | — | — |
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; Assemblee Nationale du Cameroun — sitting-MP roster, 10eme legislature (2020-2025); 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); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Simé 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 Simé have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.3 thousand people named Simé, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sime.
- Where is Simé most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Simé 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 Simé?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,322 people named Simé in 2010, about 1 in 252 thousand residents.
- How common is Simé compared with other names?
- In Cameroon, Simé is the 449th most common surname of 27,213 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
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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, “Simé” — the 449th most common surname in Cameroon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.