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
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.
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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