Last Name SIMS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Simon, from the nickname Sim, whence Simpson, with intrusive 'p.' as in Thompson Hampston, etc. A contraction of Simeon or Simon, the son of 'Sim.'

Origin	English, Irish, Belgian

Rank	254 (2000 US census)	195 (1990 US census)

Count	107,244 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

56.84%, or 60957 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
39.14%, or 41975 total occurrences, as black,
0.32%, or 343 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.51%, or 547 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.77%, or 1898 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.42%, or 1523 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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