Somersett Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Somersett Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Somerset' one who had left the county and received his surname as an emigrant from that particular shire; compare Lancashire, Wiltshire, Cornish, Kentish, &c.

William de Somersete, Salop, 1273.

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Somersett Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States951:3,815,357209,650
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
England91:6,190,895170,599
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Guyana31:254,07411,262
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21:56,3301,327
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland221:201,3589,557
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

Somersett Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Somerset' one who had left the county and received his surname as an emigrant from that particular shire; compare Lancashire, Wiltshire, Cornish, Kentish, &c.

William de Somersete, Salop, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Roger de Somersete, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1591. Henry Somerset, Herefordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1804. Married — Hugh Henry Mitchell and Harriet Isabella Somerset: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Somerset, 13th cent. Somersete, Anglo-Saxon Sumer- sœte, Sumor-sœte [Old English sœte, genit. pl. sckt(e)na, settlers: the first element is apparently conn. with the Saxon royal summer- residence Sumertún—O.E. sumer, summer —now Somerton] And him [Ælfred] cómon þǽr ongéan Sumor sǽte ealle.

(And there came to him there all the Somerset-men)—A.-Saxon Chron., A.D. 878.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This is one of the few instances of a surname having been borrowed from a title. Henry Beaufort, third Duke of Somerset (great-grandson of John of Gaunt), who was beheaded in 1463, for his adherence to the cause of King Henry VI., left issue a natural son, Sir Charles Somerset, Knight of the Garter. He was elevated to the peerage, and his lineal descendant, Henry Marquis of Worcester, was created Duke of Beaufort in 1682. Thus, in the same blood, the surname and the title have changed places, and instead of Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, we have Somerset, Duke of Beaufort.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Somersett Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Somersett Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Somersett is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Somersett? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,551,568th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Somersett are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 68 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 3,815,357. In The United States it is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 40 percent live, California, where 27 percent live and Wisconsin, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 12 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.

Somersett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Somersett has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 238 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 64 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Somersett Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Somersett surname are 40.89% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.12% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Somersett earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 36.08% less than the national average, earning $27,582 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.31% more than the national average, earning $69,710 CAD per year.

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