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    The surname Sumler

    A surname, carried by 1,694 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S546

    Sumler: #16,848 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sumler #16,848, 1,694 people Sumler: #16,848 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sumler #16,848, 1,694 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sumler is more common than 89.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,694 people named Sumler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,258 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,595.

    #16,848
    rank among US surnames
    1,694
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #16,571)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,839Sowinski1,695182,151
    #16,848Stoehr1,694182,258
    #16,856Loiacono1,693182,366

    Who is named Sumler

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

    66% of people named Sumler identified as Black (not Hispanic), 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 66%
    • White (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sumler

    Sumler has the Soundex code S546, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S546.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sumler?
    1,694 people in the United States had the surname Sumler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,258 Americans. It ranked 16,848th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sumler?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Sumler identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sumler getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,595 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,694 in 2010, up 6.2%.