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    The surname Sommer

    A German surname, carried by 11,662 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S560

    Sommer: #3,080 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sommer #3,080, 11,662 people Sommer: #3,080 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sommer #3,080, 11,662 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sommer is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * As a German, Jewish, Danish, and Norwegian surname, from the noun sommer (“summer”). * Also as a German surname, from Middle Low German somere (“pack animal”), probably derived from Latin sagma (“pack saddle”). * As an English, Scottish, and German surname, variant of Summer.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,662 people named Sommer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,474 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 11,624.

    #3,080
    rank among US surnames
    11,662
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,826)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,071Carl11,68926,413
    #3,072Hildebrand11,68726,418
    #3,073Merino11,68426,425
    #3,074Rawls11,67926,436
    #3,075Rao11,67226,452
    #3,076Mello11,67026,456
    #3,077Blakely11,66926,459

    Who is named Sommer

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

    95% of people named Sommer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sommers

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rich Sommer
      American actor, born 1978
    • Josef Sommer
      American actor (b. 1934)
    • Juergen Sommer
      American soccer player, born 1969
    • Bert Sommer
      American folk singer, songwriter and actor (1949-1990)
    • Christine Sommer
      Austrian actress, born 1970
    • Roger Sommer
      Aviator (1877-1965)

    Notable Sommers come mostly from the United States (4), Austria (1) and France (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sommer

    Sommer has the Soundex code S560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S560.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sommer come from?
    * As a German, Jewish, Danish, and Norwegian surname, from the noun sommer (“summer”). * Also as a German surname, from Middle Low German somere (“pack animal”), probably derived from Latin sagma (“pack saddle”). * As an English, Scottish, and German surname, variant of Summer.
    How common is the surname Sommer?
    11,662 people in the United States had the surname Sommer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,474 Americans. It ranked 3,080th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sommer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sommer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Sommer?
    Rich Sommer, American actor, followed by Josef Sommer.
    Where is the surname Sommer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sommer in the United States, Austria and France.
    Is the surname Sommer getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,662 in 2010, up 0.3%.