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    The surname Sommerville

    A surname, carried by 2,577 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S561

    Sommerville: #12,095 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sommerville #12,095, 2,577 people Sommerville: #12,095 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sommerville #12,095, 2,577 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sommerville is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,577 people named Sommerville in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,808 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,365.

    #12,095
    rank among US surnames
    2,577
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,100)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,089Huffer2,578119,762
    #12,095Sommerville2,577119,808
    #12,099Keltner2,576119,855
    #12,101Daniell2,575119,901

    Who is named Sommerville

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

    67% of people named Sommerville identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sommervilles

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Stephanie Grisham
      American political advisor (born 1976)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sommerville

    Sommerville has the Soundex code S561, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S561.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sommerville?
    2,577 people in the United States had the surname Sommerville in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,808 Americans. It ranked 12,095th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sommerville?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Sommerville identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sommerville?
    Stephanie Grisham, American political advisor (born 1976).
    Where is the surname Sommerville most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sommerville in the United States.
    Is the surname Sommerville getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,365 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,577 in 2010, up 9.0%.