# Sonner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sonner/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 900 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,949 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 343,051 people |
| Change since 2000 | -7.5% (973 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German verb sunnen (“to bleach”). Compare Sonne.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sonner in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |

## Similar surnames

Sonnier, Sanner, Saner, Sinner, Skinner, Sommer, Swanner, Seymour, Sumner, Shaner, Seymore, Senior.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.