Sima is used as a family name or surname in Ethiopia. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sima
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ethiopia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sima

How popular is Sima?

Sima is common in Ethiopia.

Sima is ranked 7271 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Simas grew by 10.43376 per cent to 942 since 2000 and ranked 26025 after elevating 782 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.13 86.28
Black 9.77 5.16
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 5.2 3.28
Hispanic or Latino 3.4 2.7
Sima is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Equatorial Guinea is ahead in terms of density. Around 74490 people have been found who wears Sima as their family name. Sima is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
20,929 Azerbaijan7
101,066 Zimbabwe5
3,608 Maldives4
671 Mali4
14,193 Egypt3
7,683 Latvia3
78,945 Argentina3
25,074 Greece3
18,625 Japan2
9,272 Ecuador2
4,302 Benin2
2,152 Niger2
6,266 Luxembourg2
4,744 Macedonia2
5,817 Albania2
53,033 Nigeria1
24,460 Armenia1
50,549 Georgia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
18,969 Wales1
5,467 Haiti1
17,236 Ghana1
3,350 Fiji1
7,191 Afghanistan1
10,683 Cyprus1
2,877 Cuba1
24,771 Colombia1
34,581 Chile1
613 Central African Republic1
799 British Virgin Islands1
16,640 Hong Kong1
8,859 Iraq1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
36,678 Singapore1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
31,207 Ireland1
24,176 Qatar1
66,560 Philippines1
47,891 Norway1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
16,228 Bulgaria1
4,942 Libya1
3,071 Jersey1
6,820 Angola1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,023 China48
12,974 New Zealand47
8,316 Portugal46
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
2,494 Thailand44
20,233 Denmark25
16,867 Serbia23
62,494 Netherlands22
12,878 Mauritania16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,903 Kazakhstan100
13,957 Switzerland81
6,658 Uruguay73
31,862 Australia71
24,466 Belgium67
4,057 Panama65
4,082 Estonia61
25,079 Belarus51
Countries with hundreds of Sima:
5,856 Mexico995
185 The Gambia933
5,898 Morocco873
5,010 Spain868
1,026 Austria838
16,005 Brazil827
255 Gabon724
523 Senegal689
24,555 Russia661
1,369 Slovakia528
6,268 Cameroon496
13,209 South Africa475
23,687 France416
13,726 Ukraine415
3,160 Hungary393
11,492 Kenya392
18,911 Turkey314
31,514 Italy291
20,596 Poland286
4,129 Israel271
7,683 Peru271
7,689 Malaysia253
1,802 Botswana219
24,100 England204
2,805 Lithuania203
21,244 Canada167
3,894 Moldova146
7,748 Tunisia132
3,949 Burkina Faso118
9,090 Sweden102
Countries with thousands of Sima:
1,177 Tanzania4,427
369 Czech Republic3,003
41 Equatorial Guinea2,972
3,770 Iran2,866
3,120 Bangladesh2,750
5,387 Indonesia2,595
3,144 Algeria2,142
26,651 United States1,145
9,745 Germany1,009
Countries with ten thousands of Sima:
3,617 India14,665
248 Romania11,293
947 Ethiopia11,161
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Laborer Antonino Sima from Longi, Italy aboard the Britannia from Marseilles. He is registered to be 40 years old when he arrived in Waterbury on June 29, 1899. Antonio Sima, aged 40, 25 years old Gandolfo Sima, Farmer Giuseppe Sima, Rosaria Sima (11) Laborer, are others that migrated to US from Havre, Marseilles and Unknown.

Sima Namesakes

    Oskar Sima, Austrian actor, best remembered for appearing in supporting roles in countless comedy films from the 1930s to the 1960s
  • Manuel Sima, Soccer player
  • Aiva S?mane, Film producer
  • Rodrigo Simas, Actor
  • Ariane-Li Simard-Côté, Actress
  • Horacio Simaldone, Soccer player
  • Arina Ephipania Simangunsong, Vocalist
  • Arkady Simanov, Soccer player
  • Arkan Simaan, Historian
  • Daviz Simango, Politician
  • Maria Belen Simari Birkner, Alpine skier
  • Yingcai Sima, from 1940 biography and drama movie Kong Fuzi, who characterized the Yan Hui.

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