Explore the Family Name Simonis

The meaning of Simonis

1. German and Dutch: Latinized (humanistic) patronymic from the personal name Simon. 2. Lithuanian (Šimonis): patronymic from the personal name Šimas, a variant of Simonas (see Simon). 3. Greek: from a derivative of the personal name Simon.

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How common is the last name Simonis in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Simonis has seen a decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 20,167th and fell to 24,685th in 2010, marking a drop of 22.4%. In terms of count, there were 1,229 individuals with this surname in 2000, which decreased by 17.74% to 1,011 by 2010. The proportion of people with the Simonis surname per 100,000 also saw a decrease of 26.09%, going from 0.46 in 2000 to 0.34 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,167	#24,685	-22.4%
Count	1,229	1,011	-17.74%
Proportion per 100k	0.46	0.34	-26.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Simonis

When examining the ethnic identity associated with the surname Simonis, several changes are noted from the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 94.06% of individuals with this surname identified as white, which slightly decreased to 91.3% in 2010. Those identifying as Black saw a significant increase from 2.36% to 5.84%. There were no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2010, compared to 0.81% in 2000. There was also an emergence of Hispanic identity, which was absent in 2000 but accounted for 0.59% of Simonis individuals in 2010. Meanwhile, those identifying as two or more races decreased from 1.79% to 1.38%. No change was observed among those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.06%	91.3%	-2.93%
Black	2.36%	5.84%	147.46%
Two or More Races	1.79%	1.38%	-22.91%
Hispanic	0%	0.59%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.81%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%