Sime
surname · Latin script
Meaning: different form of Sim
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈsaɪm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sime is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cameroon than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 84K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 252K
- CMCameroon≈1 in 6.7K
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.
- Cameroon (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 231 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,100 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Cameroon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
different form of Sim
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sime 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM Cameroon | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 6.7K | 1 | Sime | 7 |
| US United States | 1,322 | 1 in 252K | 1.7K | Sime | 231 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈780 est. | ≈1 in 84K | 754 | Sime | 121 |
| PE Peru | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | Sime | 21 |
| TN Tunisia | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | Sime | 1 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 65K | — | Sime | 44 |
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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Assemblee Nationale du Cameroun — sitting-MP roster, 10eme legislature (2020-2025). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Sime is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, vocative masculine singular of sīmus
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nfl, person, human being
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, a cord, line
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In klw, cement
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In xgn-pro, 1 сок 2 сосать 3 впитывать
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
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)
- James Simeb. 1843GBScottish journalist and writer
- Sidney Simeb. 1867GBEnglish artist (1867-1941)
- Georgina Simeb. 1868GBnovelist, lecturer, feminist
- Charlie Simeb. 1871AUAustralian rules footballer
- George Simeb. 1915GBfield hockey player (1915–1990)
- Dave Simeb. 1936USAmerican Olympic sprinter, multi-sport athlete, and a pioneering ophthalmologist, who won a silver medal in the 100-meter dash at the 1960 Olympic Games
- Abrham Simeb. 2001ETEthiopian athlete
- Karen R. Simeentomologist
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 49 sources across 27 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.7K | #16,520 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.3K | #20,172 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.2K | #20,124 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 754 | #8,298 |
| CM Cameroon | Assemblee Nationale du Cameroun — sitting-MP roster, 10eme legislature (2020-2025) | 2020 | 1 | #2 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Sime mean, and where does it come from?
- different form of Sim Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Sime?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈsaɪm/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Sime?
- In the etymology graph, Simas, Jimeno and Simão are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Sime have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.1 thousand people named Sime in Cameroon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sime.
- How common is the name Sime?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,322 people named Sime in 2010, about 1 in 252 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Sime?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/simeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Sime”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.