Summner Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Summner Surname Definition:

Summoner: one who conveys legal summons. Sumner was an Archbishop of Canterbury. According to Chaucer, the summoner was not a man of high character.

Summner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:21,321,114641,998
England31:18,572,686338,250
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Summner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Summoner: one who conveys legal summons. Sumner was an Archbishop of Canterbury. According to Chaucer, the summoner was not a man of high character.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Summner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Summner is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Summner? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Summner are found; 81 percent are found in North America and 81 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 21,321,114. In The United States Summner is most numerous in: Florida, where 18 percent reside, New York, where 12 percent reside and North Carolina, where 12 percent reside. Not including The United States Summner occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent reside and Wales, where 5 percent reside.

Summner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Summner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Summner surname rose 106 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 57 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Summner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Summner surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the party.

Summner earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.91% less than the national average, earning $34,558 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sumner9239,645/
Shumner863/
Summney862/
Sujmner861/
Sumneer861/
Sunmner861/
Sumnner860/
Sumnere860/
Soumner860/
Sommner860/
Sumne8317/
Soumnere805/
D'Sumner801/
Cumner77644/
Somner77328/
Sumney77293/
Sumnet7714/
Soumne772/
Jumner772/
Summni771/
Shumne771/
Sumnes771/
Sumnie770/
Sumnee770/
Summna770/
Zumner770/
Scheumner751/
Somnier7192/
Shumney7143/
Suminne7117/
Sumnesh711/
Shumnet711/
Sumness710/
Chumner710/
Shimner710/
Coumner710/
Sumni67454/
Somne67131/
Sumna6789/
Zumne6789/
Sumny6757/
Sumennge671/
Schomner671/
Schimner670/

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