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    The surname Somers

    A surname, carried by 10,762 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S562

    Somers: #3,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Somers #3,333, 10,762 people Somers: #3,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Somers #3,333, 10,762 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Somers is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,762 people named Somers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,688 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,659.

    #3,333
    rank among US surnames
    10,762
    people in 2010
    3.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #3,115)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,324Custer10,79028,614
    #3,326Wolford10,78928,617
    #3,328Danner10,78628,625
    #3,329Gatlin10,78528,627
    #3,330Dunning10,78428,630
    #3,331Salcido10,77628,651
    #3,332Wilde10,76628,678

    Who is named Somers

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Somers identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Somerss

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Suzanne Somers
      American actress (1946–2023)
    • John Somers, 1st Baron Somers
      British Baron, 1650–1716
    • Bart Somers
      Belgian, Flemish politician; mayor of Mechelen, born 1964
    • Hans Somers
      Belgian footballer, born 1978
    • Alex Somers
      American visual artist and musician, born 1984
    • Joseph Somers
      Belgian cyclist (1917–1966)

    Notable Somerss come mostly from Belgium (3), the United States (2) and the Kingdom of England (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Somers

    Somers has the Soundex code S562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S562.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Somers?
    10,762 people in the United States had the surname Somers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,688 Americans. It ranked 3,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Somers?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Somers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Somers?
    Suzanne Somers, American actress (1946–2023), followed by John Somers, 1st Baron Somers.
    Where is the surname Somers most common?
    Wikidata records people named Somers in Belgium, the United States and the Kingdom of England.
    Is the surname Somers getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,659 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,762 in 2010, up 1.0%.