Symms Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Symms Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Symms family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 12
General Labourer 3
Living On Her Own Means 3
Living On Own Means 3
General Servant Domestic 2
Tailores Apperentice 2
Mine Carpenter 2
General Servant 2
Domestic Servant 2
Coal Miner 2
Carpenter 1
Farm Labourer 1
Hawker Licensed 1
Cattle Merchant 1
Clerk & Collector Shoe Engineer 1
Metropolitan Police Constable 1
Draper's Apprentice 1
Sapper Royal Engineer 1
School Keeper 1
Tailor 1
Tea Merchants Assistant 1
Wood & Cook 1
Furniture Dealer 1
Bricklayer Labourer 1
Shop Keeper 1

Symms Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sims 60% 63,560
2 Simms 80% 22,533
3 Syms 80% 3,715
4 Symms 100% 1,068

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The surname Symms is the 4th most popular variant of Sims.

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