How common is the surname Somma?

1,354 people in the United States had the surname Somma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,025 Americans. It ranked 19,852nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Somma?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Somma identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Somma getting more or less common?

More common. 1,256 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,354 in 2010, up 7.8%.

The surname Somma

An Italian surname, carried by 1,354 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Somma is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Somma.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,354 people named Somma in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,025 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,256.

#19,852

rank among US surnames

1,354

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,813)

Who is named Somma

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

94% of people named Somma identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Somma

Somma has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Somma come from?: Borrowed from Italian Somma.
How common is the surname Somma?: 1,354 people in the United States had the surname Somma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,025 Americans. It ranked 19,852nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Somma?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Somma identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Somma getting more or less common?: More common. 1,256 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,354 in 2010, up 7.8%.