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 surname Summner is most common in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Summner? popularity and diffusion

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

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 21,321,114. In The United States Summner is primarily concentrated in: Florida, where 18 percent are found, New York, where 12 percent are found and North Carolina, where 12 percent are found. Barring The United States it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent are found and Wales, where 5 percent are found.

Summner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Summner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Summner last name increased 106 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 57 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Summner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Summner last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the political 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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Summner
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