Simmel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Berufsname zu mhd. simele/semele 'Weizenmehl, -brot'; evtl
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
Simmel is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- ILIsrael
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Berufsname zu mhd. simele/semele 'Weizenmehl, -brot'; evtl. auch Patronym zu Simon. Bearer count: 432.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
How Simmel is read
(measured from records)Simmel is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English52%
George, German sociologist
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
- German32%
Berufsname zu mhd. simele/semele 'Weizenmehl, -brot'; evtl. auch Patronym zu Simon. Bearer count: 432.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Aus Berufsname zu Semmel; lautliche Variante im südöstl. Bayern. Bearer count: 432.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
s. Simon, SIND, Semmel; Simmeier s. Semmel Simmer-: s. sumber (x SIND und SIEG (Sigi- mar); Simmerock s. sie- ben)
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
from Simon, SIND, or Semmel
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
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Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Simmel is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Croatian, njemački sociolog i filozof, začetnik tzv. formalne sociologije; znatni doprinosi filozofiji kulture i filozofiji života
as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export
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)- Georg Simmelb. 1858DEGerman sociologist, philosopher, and critic (1858–1918)
- Gertrud Simmelb. 1864DEGerman writer (1864-1938)
- Ernst Simmelb. 1882USGerman-American psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
- Erich Simmelb. 1885DEGerman politician (1885-1974)
- Paul Simmelb. 1887DEGerman illustrator and painter (1887-1933)
- Oskar Simmelb. 1913DEtheologian, opinion journalist (-1986)
- Marianne Simmelb. 1923DEAmerican psychologist
- Johannes Mario Simmelb. 1924ATAustrian writer (1924–2009)
- Peter Simmelb. 1959DEGerman entrepreneur
- Friedrich Simmelb. 1970DEGerman biophysicist
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)12 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 170 | #98,770 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 155 | #118,445 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 117 | #142,108 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 42 | #118,404 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 6 | #24,518 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #161,329 |
| DE Germany | Deutsche Namenkunde (Gottschald, 1982) | — | — | — |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- What does the name Simmel mean?
- Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu mhd. simele/semele 'Weizenmehl, -brot'; evtl.
- In which country does Simmel have the most bearers?
- Simmel is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Simmel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.