Sumer Surname
Approximately 22,125 people bear this surname
Sumer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 20,780 | 1:36,914 | 2,638 |
| Philippines | 491 | 1:206,188 | 32,380 |
| United States | 214 | 1:1,693,733 | 112,431 |
| Indonesia | 64 | 1:2,066,394 | 128,621 |
| South Africa | 53 | 1:1,022,221 | 62,590 |
| Russia | 48 | 1:3,002,564 | 162,760 |
| Pakistan | 47 | 1:3,800,934 | 27,883 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| Australia | 41 | 1:658,432 | 45,385 |
| Netherlands | 36 | 1:469,088 | 46,010 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| Moldova | 24 | 1:148,390 | 15,621 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Austria | 19 | 1:448,181 | 44,644 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Serbia | 15 | 1:476,330 | 19,508 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 1:1,562,983 | 10,375 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 148 | 1:339,315 | 26,182 |
The alternate forms: Sümer (22,284), Šumer (145) & Sumér (1) are calculated separately.
Sumer (70,095) may also be a first name.
Sumer Demographics
Average Sumer Salary in
United States
$43,722 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sumer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sumer (Arabic: سومر, Bengali: সুমের, Hindi: सुमेर, Marathi: सुमेर, Oriya: ସୁେମର, Russian: Сумер) is most common in India. It may also be rendered as: Sümer, Šumer or Sumér. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 24,441st most frequently held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 329,381 people. The surname Sumer is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Sumer live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sumer is also the 13,852nd most numerous first name in the world It is held by 70,095 people.
It is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 20,780 people, or 1 in 36,914. In India Sumer is mostly found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 51 percent are found, Meghalaya, where 38 percent are found and Gujarat, where 3 percent are found. Excluding India this last name exists in 55 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Sumer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sumer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 145 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 280 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sumer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sumer last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered with the party.
The amount Sumer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.24% less than the national average, earning R 96,852 per year; in United States they earn 1.33% more than the national average, earning $43,722 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.74% less than the national average, earning $36,895 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sumer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sumer in the Bengali language | ||
| সুমের | sumera | - |
| Sumer in the Hindi language | ||
| सुमेर | sumera | 99.45 |
| सूमेर | sumera | 0.5 |
| सूमेरा | sumera | 0.01 |
| सुमरे | sumare | 0 |
| कुमार | kumara | 0 |
| सुमर | sumara | 0 |
| सुमेरा | sumera | 0 |
| सु़मेर | sumera | 0 |
| Sumer in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁେମର | suemara | 96.97 |
| ଶୁେମର | suemara | 3.03 |
| Sumer in the Marathi language | ||
| सुमेर | sumera | 65.6 |
| सुमेरिंसग | sumerinsaga | 24.92 |
| सुमेरिंसह | sumerinsaha | 6.54 |
| सूमेर | sumera | 0.92 |
| सुमर | sumara | 0.34 |
| शुमेर | sumera | 0.08 |
| सुमेद | sumeda | 0.08 |
| सुगेर | sugera | 0.08 |
| सुमेरा | sumera | 0.08 |
| सूमेऱ | sumera | 0.08 |
| सुमे | sume | 0.08 |
| सुमार | sumara | 0.08 |
| सुमेन | sumena | 0.08 |
| सुमेश | sumesa | 0.08 |
| Sumer in the Russian language | ||
| Сумер | sumer | - |
| Sumer in the Arabic language | ||
| سومر | swmr | - |
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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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- 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 Sumer
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