Sumnor Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

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.

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Sumnor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia101:440,85421,753
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England371:658,79432,071
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Sumnor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sumnor is found most in Liberia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sumnor? popularity and diffusion

Sumnor is the 5,812,366th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Sumnor live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia Sumnor is most common in: Bong County, where 90 percent reside and Lofa County, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Liberia Sumnor is found in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 9 percent reside.

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