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There are approximately 14,734 people named Simon in the UK. That makes it the 687th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 233 are named Simon.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
From given name or forename

Related and similar surnames

Cimon
Sim
Simcox
Simkin
Syms
Simes
Sympson
Sims
Symes
Symmonds
Simcock
Simkins
Simms
Sime
Syme
Simmons
Simmonds
Symons
Simons
Symonds
Simonds
Simonson
Simen
Simion
Simeon
Simens
Scimone
Siemon
Shimon
Simien
Simino
Cimmon
Cimons
Cimmons
Cimen
Cymon
Cimmen
Cimone
Cimens
Cymons
Psimos
Siimon
Scimon
Simmance
Scymon
Siimmons
Siimons
Scimons
Siamon
Simaon
Scimmons

The Simon surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

SIMON. A Christian name of Norman introduction, and formerly of much more frequent use than at present. Itself a surname, it has become the parent of many others, particularly of Sim, Sims, Simes, Simson and Simpson, Simkin and Simpkin, Simpkins, Simpkiuson, Simcock, Simcox, Simco, and Simcoe ; also of the forms in Y, as Symouds, Symondson, Sympson, Symm, Syms, and Symes_, with perhaps Sykes and Sikes, and sometimes of Simond, Simonds, Simmons, and Simmonds.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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