The Simar surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 412 people carried this name — #50,659 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 3% from 423 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 239 people named Simar live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 82 people named Simar.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Simar,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hubert Theophil Simar 1835–1902 · Catholic priest -
César Simar 1879–1934 · sport cyclist -
Théophile Simar 1883–1930 · librarian
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Julienne Aisner 1899–1947 · military personnel
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León Simar 1909–1983 · musician
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André Simar 1927–2022 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Simar.
- Silvestro 1,147 · U.S. census
- Silvi 211 · U.S. census
- Silvy 111 · U.S. census
- Sima 942 · U.S. census
- Siman 326 · U.S. census
- Simao 583 · U.S. census
- Simard 2,244 · U.S. census
- Simeon 2,690 · U.S. census
- Simeone 2,717 · U.S. census
- Simeoni 105 · U.S. census
- Simet 201 · U.S. census
- Simi 601 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Simar is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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