# Somers (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/somers/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,762 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,333 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 28,688 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (10,659 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Somers in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Somers in Belgium, the United States and the Kingdom of England.

## People named Somers

- Suzanne Somers, American actress (1946–2023)
- John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, British Baron
- Bart Somers, Belgian, Flemish politician; mayor of Mechelen
- Hans Somers, Belgian footballer
- Alex Somers, American visual artist and musician
- Joseph Somers, Belgian cyclist (1917–1966)

## Similar surnames

Summers, Sommers, Simmers, Somerset, Siemers, Summerhays.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.