Sommerlad Surname

588,441st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 531 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Sommerlad Surname Definition:

The A.-Scand. Sumerlida (10th cent.) = Summer- Sailor [see under Somerby]

Sommerlad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2811:286,49629,863
United States1031:3,519,019197,606
Australia721:374,94030,993
England451:1,238,17956,985
France141:4,744,480251,814
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Sommerlad Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The A.-Scand. Sumerlida (10th cent.) = Summer- Sailor [see under Somerby]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Sommerlad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sommerlad is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sommerlad? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 588,441st most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 13,724,192 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Sommerlad reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Sommerlad is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 286,496. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Hesse, where 84 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 4 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.

Sommerlad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sommerlad has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sommerlad last name grew 542 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sommerlad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sommerlad surname are 46.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 93.33% registered to vote for the political party.

Sommerlad earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.59% less than the national average, earning $41,601 USD per year.

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