Sommerford Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sommerford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sommerford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England581:960,65648,451
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Sommerford Last Name Facts

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

Sommerford occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sommerford? popularity and diffusion

Sommerford is the 2,273,756th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Sommerford is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Sommerford reside; 84 percent reside in Northern Europe and 84 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 960,656. In England it is most prevalent in: West Sussex, where 59 percent reside, East Sussex, where 33 percent reside and Buckinghamshire, where 2 percent reside. Apart from England Sommerford occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent reside and New Zealand, where 1 percent reside.

Sommerford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sommerford has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 1,933 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Somerford95185/
Summerford901,815/
Commerford901,250/
Sammerford900/
Commerfordd861/
Comerford849,523/
Sumerford84124/
Samerford840/
Summerfort801/
Commerfort800/
Cammerford800/
Camerford747/
Comerfort740/
Sumerfort740/
Shamirfard6023/
Camerforth600/
Zamirfard538/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sommerford
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