Last Name SIMON

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Meaning The son of Simon, or Simond with excrescent 'd.' 'Cym,' propyr name, Simon. 'Gownd,' provincial for gownm 'ribband' and 'ribbon.' One of the popular font-names of the surname period.
Name SIMON is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origin 'СИМОН'. Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic version of this name.
'SIMON'
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Name SIMON is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origin 'СІМОН'. Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic version of this name.
'SIMON'
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Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, Dutch, French, Greek, Czech, Polish, Irish, Slovakian, Slovenian, Lebanese, Assyrian, Creole, Austrian, Belgian, Nigerian, Hungarian, Ethiopian, Ukrainian

Rank 383 (2000 US census) 428 (1990 US census)
Count 74,839 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 69.94%, or 52342 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 20.95%, or 15679 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.98%, or 1482 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.65%, or 486 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.83%, or 1370 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 4.66%, or 3487 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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