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    The surname Suman

    An English surname, carried by 820 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S550

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Suman is more common than 82.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Middle English Seman, Sæmann, from Old English sǣmann (“seaman”). Possibly conflated with Old English Sǣmund (“sea-protector”) and Old English Siġemund (“victory-protector”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 820 people named Suman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 376,519 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 815.

    #28,967
    rank among US surnames
    820
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #27,771)

    Who is named Suman

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

    79% of people named Suman identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sumans

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kabir Suman
      Bengali singer, born 1949
    • Saurabh Suman
      Agri researcher in India - Nari Shakti award

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Sumon

    Surnames that sound like Suman

    Suman has the Soundex code S550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S550.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Suman come from?
    From Middle English Seman, Sæmann, from Old English sǣmann (“seaman”). Possibly conflated with Old English Sǣmund (“sea-protector”) and Old English Siġemund (“victory-protector”).
    How common is the surname Suman?
    820 people in the United States had the surname Suman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 376,519 Americans. It ranked 28,967th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Suman?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Suman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Suman?
    Kabir Suman, Bengali singer, followed by Saurabh Suman.
    Where is the surname Suman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Suman in India.
    Is the surname Suman getting more or less common?
    More common. 815 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 820 in 2010, up 0.6%.
    What are other spellings of Suman?
    Sumon.