Sumnor Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Sumnor Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Latin) Summoner, Appa- ritor, Ecclesiastical-Court Officer [Middle English sumenor, som(p)nour, somonour, etc., Anglo-French somenour, etc.; from Old French som(m)oner, to summon, Latin summonere, to remind secretly] Hugh le Sumenor.
Read More About This SurnameSumnor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 37 | 1:658,794 | 32,071 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
Sumnor Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Latin) Summoner, Appa- ritor, Ecclesiastical-Court Officer [Middle English sumenor, som(p)nour, somonour, etc., Anglo-French somenour, etc.; from Old French som(m)oner, to summon, Latin summonere, to remind secretly] Hugh le Sumenor.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.
John Sompnour.—Vale Royal Ledger-Bk., A.D. 1428-32.
As sisours [assize-men] and somonours, Sherreves and hire [their] clerkes, Bedelles and baillifs.—Piers Plowman, 998-1000.
Ther was also a Reve and a Millers.
A Somnour and a Pardoner also.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 542-3.
A Somonour is a rennere up and doun.— do. do. D 1283.
Sumnor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumnor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sumnor is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sumnor.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumnor? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. Sumnor is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Sumnor reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Bong County, where 90 percent reside and Lofa County, where 10 percent reside. Not including Liberia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunor | 91 | 87 | / |
| Sumnar | 83 | 16 | / |
| Sungor | 83 | 12 | / |
| Sunoor | 83 | 10 | / |
| Somnor | 83 | 6 | / |
| Sunore | 83 | 5 | / |
| Sunhor | 83 | 2 | / |
| Shunor | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sounor | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sunnor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Saunor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Cumnor | 83 | 0 | / |
| Sugnor | 83 | 0 | / |
| Sunour | 83 | 0 | / |
| Sumnur | 83 | 0 | / |
| Sungour | 77 | 44 | / |
| Sounoor | 77 | 31 | / |
| Saunoor | 77 | 16 | / |
| Somnoor | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shumnar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sounour | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sugnoor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shungor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saunnor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sumnard | 77 | 0 | / |
| Summnar | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sunoure | 77 | 0 | / |
| Suitnor | 77 | 0 | / |
| Schunor | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sunar | 73 | 227,782 | / |
| Sonor | 73 | 495 | / |
| Zunor | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sunár | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sunorova | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shaunoor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saunar | 67 | 1,091 | / |
| Sungar | 67 | 774 | / |
| Sunnar | 67 | 310 | / |
| Shunar | 67 | 108 | / |
| Sutnar | 67 | 76 | / |
| Susnar | 67 | 57 | / |
| Sunart | 67 | 55 | / |
| Sunare | 67 | 47 | / |
| Zunoor | 67 | 44 | / |
| Schunorth | 67 | 13 | / |
| Somnar | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sounar | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sunaar | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sunhar | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sunard | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sugnar | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sonnor | 67 | 3 | / |
| Suinar | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sunarr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suynar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonour | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jumnar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suunar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zunnor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sounnoure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chunor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonoor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suneur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shonor | 67 | 0 | / |
| Soonor | 67 | 0 | / |
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