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    The surname Sum

    A Polish surname, carried by 1,482 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S500

    Sum: #18,596 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sum #18,596, 1,482 people Sum: #18,596 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sum #18,596, 1,482 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sum is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    * As a Chinese surname: ** a pronunciation of 沈, see Shen. ** Also Romanized from 岑 (cén) based on the Cantonese pronunciation, see Cen. ** Variant Romanization of 覃, see Tan, Qin. * As a Cambodian/Khmer surname, from the name ស៊ុំ (sum), possibly from the Chinese above. * As a Slovene and Czech surname Šum, from šum (“noise”) or šum (“waterfall”), compare Shum. * As a Jewish surname, from Polish sum (“catfish”).

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,482 people named Sum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 208,330 Americans. That is down 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,864.

    #18,596
    rank among US surnames
    1,482
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -20.5%
    change since 2000 (was #14,634)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,596Winnett1,482208,330
    #18,601Beerman1,481208,471

    Who is named Sum

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

    73% of people named Sum identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 73%
    • White (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sum

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

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sum come from?
    * As a Chinese surname: ** a pronunciation of 沈, see Shen. ** Also Romanized from 岑 (cén) based on the Cantonese pronunciation, see Cen. ** Variant Romanization of 覃, see Tan, Qin. * As a Cambodian/Khmer surname, from the name ស៊ុំ (sum), possibly from the Chinese above. * As a Slovene and Czech…
    How common is the surname Sum?
    1,482 people in the United States had the surname Sum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,330 Americans. It ranked 18,596th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sum?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Sum identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sum getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,482 in 2010, down 21%.