Sommerfield Surname

291,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,313 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Sommerfield Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Sommerfeld (summer field), the name of several places in Germany; dweller at, or near, the place used in summer.

Sommerfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0571:342,91330,845
Australia1051:257,10223,526
Canada711:518,95243,932
England611:913,41146,955
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England641:380,86523,394
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States921:545,85537,602

Sommerfield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Sommerfeld (summer field), the name of several places in Germany; dweller at, or near, the place used in summer.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Sommerfield Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sommerfield occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sommerfield? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 291,409th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,550,302 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Sommerfield are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Sommerfield is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 1,057 people, or 1 in 342,913. In The United States Sommerfield is most frequent in: Michigan, where 12 percent live, Illinois, where 11 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Sommerfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sommerfield has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,149 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 5 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 60 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Sommerfield Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Sommerfield last name are 11.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.2% registered with the political party.

The amount Sommerfield earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.58% more than the national average, earning $48,146 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.11% less than the national average, earning $49,629 CAD per year.

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