Sumpner Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Sumpner Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the summoner,' a legal officer, the sheriffs messenger. In the Coventry Mysteries it is said: 'Sim Somnor, in haste wend thou this way, Byd Joseph, and his wyff by name, At the coorte to apper this day, Him to purge of her defame.
Read More About This SurnameSumpner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 94 | 1:592,745 | 35,632 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 55 | 1:443,189 | 25,511 |
Sumpner Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the summoner,' a legal officer, the sheriffs messenger. In the Coventry Mysteries it is said: 'Sim Somnor, in haste wend thou this way, Byd Joseph, and his wyff by name, At the coorte to apper this day, Him to purge of her defame.'
The 'p' in Sumpner is intrusive, as in Thompson, or Simpson, or Hampton.
Hugh le Sumenor, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Sarra le Sumenur, Oxfordshire, ibid.
John le Sumenur, Close Rolls, 20 Edward I.
Henry le Sumenour. B. Ralph le Somenur. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.
Adam Somendour, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Henry le Somnor, 1397: Preston Guild Roll. (Lancashire and Cheshire Rec. Soc).
1573. Reginald Sumner and Ellinor Sagell: Marriage Lic. (London).
1627. Married — Nicholas Sumpner and Dorothy Banes: St. Dionis Backchurch.
(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.
One whose duty consisted in citing delinquents to the ecclesiastical courts; an apparitor; literally, a summoner.
"Sim Somnor, in hast, wend thou thi way,
Byd Joseph and his wyff, be name,
At the coort to apper this day,
Hem to pourge of her defame."
Coventry Mysteries.
Chaucer gives us a description of the Sompnour in his Canterbury Tales.
Sumpner Demographics
Average Sumpner Salary in
England
£27,969
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Sumpner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumpner Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sumpner is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumpner? popularity and diffusion
Sumpner is the 1,795,579th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. Sumpner occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Sumpner are found; 90 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in British Isles.
This last name is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 592,745. In England it is most frequent in: West Yorkshire, where 37 percent live, Hampshire, where 24 percent live and North Yorkshire, where 12 percent live. Barring England this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.
Sumpner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sumpner has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Sumpner surname rose 171 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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