How common is the last name Sims?

109,854 people in the United States have the last name Sims, about 1 in 2,721. It ranks #277 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SIMS

#277

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
109,854
About
1 in 2,721
This common or more
25.8%
Who bears it

Of the 109,854 people with the last name Sims, 51.9% reported their origin as White, 38.8% as Black and 5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sims

#275 Montgomery · 110,972#276 Mejia · 110,790#278 Oliver · 109,817#279 Dean · 109,762

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sims, most common first.

#1,371 Simms · 25,308#16,374 Simas · 1,705#21,354 Siems · 1,248#26,016 Simes · 990#52,889 Sins · 423#59,756 Simos · 365#152,339 Simis · 106

Also a first name

As a first name, Sims ranks #26,290 of 53,615, with 355 people. See Sims as a first name

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