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Simpson
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simpson
English
Alternative forms
en Simson
Etymology
en surname :inh enm:Sympson<id:surname>
From en enm Sympson, equivalent to en Sim, the short form of en Simon, + en -son.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsɪmp.sən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Simpson.wav Southern England
en ɪmpsən 2
Proper noun
~ s
A Scottish and northern English patronymic surname derived from Sim, the short form of Simon.
An English habitational surname for someone who lived in any of several places in Devon.
en suburban village par/Simpson and Ashland bor/Milton Keynes co/Buckinghamshire cc/England OS grid ref SP8836.
en hamlet wcomm/Nolton and Roch co/Pembrokeshire cc/Wales OS grid ref SM8818. List of United Kingdom locations: Si-Sm#Si
en village in the rurmun/Wood Creek No. 281, p/Saskatchewan c/Canada.
en locality in the south of the terr/Northern Territory c/Australia.
en town mostly in shire:Suf/Corangamite in the Western District of s/Victoria c/Australia.
en number of places c/USA:
en unincorporated community co/Pope County s/Arkansas.
en village co/Johnson County s/Illinois.
en unincorporated community co/Huntington County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Cloud County and co/Mitchell County s/Kansas.
en village co/Vernon Parish s/Louisiana.
en unincorporated community co/Olmsted County s/Minnesota.
en unincorporated community co/Lyon County s/Nevada.
en village co/Pitt County s/North Carolina.
en Four <<townships>>, in <<s/Arkansas>>, <<s/Missouri>>, and <<s/Oklahoma>> (2), listed under Simpson Township.
A character from the TV series The Simpsons.
en Each of his family members reminded me of a Simpson in some way: his sister was a bit like Lisa and his dad was a bit like Homer.
Derived terms
en Bart Simpson Homer Simpson Lisa Simpson Maggie Simpson Marge Simpson Simpsonian simpsonite Simpsonwave Simpson County Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome Young-Simpson syndrome Simpsonville
Translations
surname
Arabic: ar سِيمْبْسُون m f simbsun
Armenian: hy Սիմփսոն
Belarusian: be Сі́мпсан m f
Bulgarian: bg Си́мпсън m f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 辛普森 Xīnpǔsēn
Georgian: ka სიმპსონი
Greek: el Σίμπσον m f
Hebrew: he סימפסון simpson
Hindi: hi सिम्पसन
Japanese: ja シンプソン Shinpuson
Korean: ko 심슨
Russian: ru Си́мпсон m f
Thai: th ซิมป์สันส์ sim-sǎn
Ukrainian: uk Сі́мпсон m f
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Simpson is the 158th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 163,181 individuals. Simpson is most common among White (70.78%) and Black (23.09%) individuals.
References
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