Symes is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Symes
No. of characters: 5
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Symes

How popular is Symes?

Symes is common in South Africa.

Symes is ranked 45620 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Symes bearers increased by 1.454234 per cent in 2010 US census to 1186 since 2000, the surname slipped by 935 spots and ranked at 21895. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.51 87.68
Black 8.85 8.73
Hispanic or Latino 2.11 1.11
Others 1.52 1.8
Symes is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Dominica is ahead in terms of density. Around 10541 people have been found who wears Symes as their family name. Symes is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
567,967 Indonesia6
119,730 Brazil3
46,068 Philippines3
4,104 South Korea2
18,625 Japan2
2,617 Cambodia2
34,681 Norway2
20,595 China2
2,190 Barbados1
3,307 Malta1
7,191 Afghanistan1
897,276 Russia1
37,493 Austria1
174,544 Czech Republic1
29,774 Venezuela1
24,771 Colombia1
492,292 Ukraine1
2,057 Myanmar1
3,071 Jersey1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
17,768 Pakistan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
58,885 Poland1
153,416 Italy1
36,814 Romania1
17,236 Ghana1
25,746 Finland1
53,505 Turkey1
13,447 Uganda1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
246 Guernsey36
2,602 Costa Rica29
8,720 Qatar29
344,912 India28
20,233 Denmark25
68,343 Spain23
52,530 Belgium22
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,308 France86
4,526 Singapore71
235 Dominica56
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Symes:
5,606 Canada776
1,134 New Zealand639
1,600 Wales248
3,317 Scotland190
1,793 Jamaica143
71,225 Germany134
27,127 Mexico105
3,646 Ireland104
Countries with thousands of Symes:
2,705 England2,893
1,540 Australia2,072
19,600 United States1,646
6,027 South Africa1,078
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Alfred Symes worked as shoemaker and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 23 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Constitution and arrived on May 11, 1850. Maid Isabella Symes, Workman James Symes, Sam.O. Symes (10) Immigrant, are others that migrated to US.

Symes Namesakes

  • Michael Symes, Soccer player
  • Michael Symes, Soccer player
  • George G. Symes, U.S. representative
  • Devina Symes, Author
  • George William Symes, Military officer
  • Marty Symes, Lyricist
  • Bob Symes, Television presenter
  • George G. Symes, U.S. representative
  • Marty Symes, Lyricist
  • Jaclyn Symes, Politician

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