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Simon

in California

There are 5,835 people with the last name "Simon" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Simon 426
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  1. is 422nd most common Leung
  2. is 423rd most common Bernal
  3. is 424th most common Khan
  4. is 425th most common Burton
  5. is 426th most common Simon
  6. is 427th most common Weaver
  7. is 428th most common Benson
  8. is 429th most common Dang
  9. is 430th most common Madrigal

Most Common First Names for Simon

Robert, David, John, Michael, James, Richard, Mark, Joseph, William

Meaning & History

English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish (Simón), Czech and Slovak (Šimon), Slovenian, Hungarian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name, Hebrew Shim‘on, which is probably derived from the verb sham‘a ‘to hearken’. In the Vulgate and in many vernacular versions of the Old Testament, this is usually rendered Simeon. In the Greek New Testament, however, the name occurs as Simōn, as a result of assimilation to the preexisting Greek byname Sīmōn (from sīmos ‘snub-nosed’). Both Simon and Simeon were in use as personal names in western Europe from the Middle Ages onward. In Christendom the former was always more popular, at least in part because of its associations with the apostle Simon Peter, the brother of Andrew. In Britain there was also confusion from an early date with Anglo-Scandinavian forms of Sigmund (see Siegmund), a name whose popularity was reinforced at the Conquest by the Norman form Simund.

FOREBEARS The earliest documented bearer of the surname Simon in New France came from the Saintonge region of France and was in Montreal by 1655. Another, from Paris, is recorded in Quebec City in 1659 with the secondary surname Lapointe.

Recent Searches for "Simon" in California

Since June 2009
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Robert Simon, CA (8 searches)
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