Summers Surname

5,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107,052 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Summers Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Summer.' Just as ecclesiastical seasons gave us such personal names as Noel, Pentecost, Pask, Christmas, &c, so several centuries earlier popular names for children were descriptive of the natural season in which the child was born, or even the state of the weather.

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Summers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States75,3301:4,812534
England15,0761:3,696497
Australia6,4881:4,161605
Canada3,9281:9,3801,406
Scotland1,7761:3,015543
South Africa1,3301:40,7355,225
Wales1,1461:2,700297
New Zealand6691:6,7691,135
Spain1671:279,95217,257
Ireland1201:39,2413,109
Germany961:838,59960,830
Jamaica771:37,2722,513
Philippines591:1,715,902111,316
Thailand591:1,197,260174,557
Northern Ireland541:34,1673,366
Russia491:2,941,287160,625
Brazil391:5,489,085137,424
Isle of Man351:2,452488
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Falkland Islands331:959
Peru291:1,096,00419,774
France261:2,554,720189,486
Mexico251:4,965,04829,049
Uruguay231:149,20713,102
India221:34,866,608408,224
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Panama171:230,1336,157
China161:85,457,5984,750
Hong Kong131:564,2683,428
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Norway101:514,22941,629
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
South Korea91:5,693,362993
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Guam81:20,0153,029
Japan81:15,980,53747,042
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Oman61:614,6626,082
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Liberia51:881,70733,815
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
British Virgin Islands21:15,797839
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Mozambique21:13,630,7847,358
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belize11:355,4743,977
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1381:32,1003,168
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,9481:3,508497
Scotland1,0621:3,525579
Wales3751:4,182294
Guernsey131:2,512419
Jersey41:12,9712,116
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,8081:4,646572

Summers (332) may also be a first name.

Summers Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Summer.' Just as ecclesiastical seasons gave us such personal names as Noel, Pentecost, Pask, Christmas, &c, so several centuries earlier popular names for children were descriptive of the natural season in which the child was born, or even the state of the weather. Hence such personal names as Snow, Storm, Winter, Summer, Spring, &c. Several years ago a child was baptized Sou'-wester because born on shipboard in a south-westerly gale. This case I can vouch for. Middle English somer, summer. compare such local names as Somerby, Somercoates, Somerford, Somersby, Somersham, Somerton, all implying that the first settler bore the name of Somer (now Summer); v. Winter for further information. Summers, Somers, &c, are the genitive form; compare Williams and William.

John Somer, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1600. Baptised — Joan, d. Peter Somers: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1687. — John, s. John Sumer: ibid.

1755. Married — Charles Summers and Sarah Mason: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

1 Summer’s (Son): v. Summer.

2 for Sumners, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The summoner, i.e., the petty officer who warns people to appear in court.

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

A location name in Essex Orfrom the Flemish, Somerset; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Summers Last Name Facts

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

Summers is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Summers? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,291st most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 68,075 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Summers live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 480,499th most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 332 people.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 75,330 people, or 1 in 4,812. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 8 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and Missouri, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 117 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Summers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Summers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Summers last name rose 697 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 217 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 167 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 306 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 13 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Summers Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Summers last name is chiefly Catholic (68%) in Ireland and Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States Summers are 14.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.56% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Summers earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 10.09% more than the national average, earning 381,013 kr per year; in Peru they earn 232.83% more than the national average, earning S/. 64,519 per year; in South Africa they earn 36.17% more than the national average, earning R 323,580 per year; in United States they earn 3.28% less than the national average, earning $41,733 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.24% more than the national average, earning $51,294 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Soummers9333/
Summerss932/
Summersd931/
Summerrs931/
Ssummers931/
Shummers930/
Summmers930/
Sumers92296/
Schummers88120/
Sommers8619,427/
Summars86113/
Summors8649/
Saumers8617/
Sunmers863/
Suymers862/
Cummers862/
Szumers862/
Shumers861/
Sumiers860/
Sumerrs860/
Soumers860/
Summersová822/
Schumers8073/
Chummers8017/
Shimmers804/
Suijmers802/
Sommiers802/
Sommmers800/
Scimmers800/
Somers7734,709/
Cumers7712/
Sumars774/
Sumors770/
Schimmers7539/
Zummersch7518/
Zommers71337/
Soomers71317/
Soemers71121/
Shomers7176/
Cimmers7137/
Soumars718/
Sumerje716/
Sonmers712/
Schommiers711/
Sommirs711/
Caumers710/
Shimers710/
Cummirs710/
Someers710/
Scimers710/
Schomers67235/
Schümers6770/
Schimers6728/
Schumars678/
Chaumers672/
Shimaers670/

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