# Summer (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,778 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,355 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 111,140 people |
| Change since 2000 | -12.0% (3,157 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Simmer |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Summer 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Summer in the United States.

## People named Summer

- Donna Summer, American singer (1948–2012)
- India Summer, American pornographic actress
- Cree Summer, American actress
- Karen Summer, American pornographic actress

## Similar surnames

Sommer, Simer, Sumner, Schommer, Schumer, Skinner, Seymour, Sonnier, Shaner, Seymore, Senior, Samora.

## 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.