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    The surname Sommers

    A surname, carried by 11,706 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S562

    Sommers: #3,063 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sommers #3,063, 11,706 people Sommers: #3,063 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sommers #3,063, 11,706 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sommers is more common than 98.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,706 people named Sommers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,375 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,886.

    #3,063
    rank among US surnames
    11,706
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.5%
    change since 2000 (was #3,050)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,055Rains11,73726,305
    #3,057Lamar11,73326,314
    #3,058Holton11,73126,319
    #3,059Patten11,73026,321
    #3,060Harlow11,72626,330
    #3,061Vue11,71726,350
    #3,062Marx11,71626,352

    Who is named Sommers

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

    94% of people named Sommers identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sommerss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Christina Hoff Sommers
      American author and philosopher (born 1950)
    • Stephen Sommers
      American film director and screenwriter, born 1962

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sommers

    Sommers 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 Sommers?
    11,706 people in the United States had the surname Sommers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,375 Americans. It ranked 3,063rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sommers?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sommers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Sommers?
    Christina Hoff Sommers, American author and philosopher (born 1950), followed by Stephen Sommers.
    Where is the surname Sommers most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sommers in the United States.
    Is the surname Sommers getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,886 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,706 in 2010, up 7.5%.