Simmons surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Simmons surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 201,650 people carried this name — #103 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,340 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Simmons.

Most of them — 34 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Pas-de-Calais 18
French Guiana 1
Guadeloupe 1
Yvelines 1
Paris 1
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 1
Nord 1
Hérault 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

48 people named Simmons live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 15
Geneva 12
Vaud 12
Ticino 6
Aargau 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Simmons in American newspapers,
1899–1939.

Newspaper page from The Denison Review carrying the name Simmons
The Denison Review 1899-04-14
Newspaper page from The News & Observer carrying the name Simmons
The News & Observer 1900-11-07
Newspaper page from The Telegraph-Courier carrying the name Simmons
The Telegraph-Courier 1910-02-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 992,819 pages in all carry the name.

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