Somner Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Somner Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the summoner,' a legal officer, the sheriffs messenger. In the Coventry Mysteries it is said: 'Sim Somnor, in haste wend thou this way, Byd Joseph, and his wyff by name, At the coorte to apper this day, Him to purge of her defame.
Read More About This SurnameSomner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 102 | 1:546,255 | 33,762 |
| United States | 88 | 1:4,118,852 | 221,730 |
| Bermuda | 41 | 1:1,592 | 254 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 1:196,884 | 20,367 |
| Scotland | 20 | 1:267,691 | 12,985 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 38 | 1:641,457 | 31,575 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:220,189 | 7,953 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 84 | 1:597,841 | 40,179 |
Somner (30) may also be a first name.
Somner Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the summoner,' a legal officer, the sheriffs messenger. In the Coventry Mysteries it is said: 'Sim Somnor, in haste wend thou this way, Byd Joseph, and his wyff by name, At the coorte to apper this day, Him to purge of her defame.'
The 'p' in Sumpner is intrusive, as in Thompson, or Simpson, or Hampton.
Hugh le Sumenor, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Sarra le Sumenur, Oxfordshire, ibid.
John le Sumenur, Close Rolls, 20 Edward I.
Henry le Sumenour. B. Ralph le Somenur. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.
Adam Somendour, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Henry le Somnor, 1397: Preston Guild Roll. (Lancashire and Cheshire Rec. Soc).
1573. Reginald Sumner and Ellinor Sagell: Marriage Lic. (London).
1627. Married — Nicholas Sumpner and Dorothy Banes: St. Dionis Backchurch.
V. Sumner.
A summoner, or apparitor, attached to a court of law. For a lively picture of a sompnour, see Chaucer, Prologue to Cant. Tales, quoted in English Surn. i. 129.
One whose duty consisted in citing delinquents to the ecclesiastical courts; an apparitor; literally, a summoner.
"Sim Somnor, in hast, wend thou thi way,
Byd Joseph and his wyff, be name,
At the coort to apper this day,
Hem to pourge of her defame."
Coventry Mysteries.
Chaucer gives us a description of the Sompnour in his Canterbury Tales.
Somner Demographics
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Somner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somner Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somner (Marathi: सेामनेर) is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Somner click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somner? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 839,220th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Somner live; 48 percent live in North America and 48 percent live in Anglo-North America. Somner is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 30 people.
This surname is most frequent in England, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 546,255. In England Somner is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 21 percent live, Warwickshire, where 12 percent live and West Sussex, where 10 percent live. Beside England it occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent live and Bermuda, where 13 percent live.
Somner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Somner has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 268 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 105 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 118 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Somner Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Somner surname are 5.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.82% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Somner earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.89% less than the national average, earning $40,608 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.02% less than the national average, earning $42,716 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somner Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somner in the Marathi language | ||
| सेामनेर | seamanera | - |
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