How common is the surname Summerall?

1,421 people in the United States had the surname Summerall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 217,273 Americans. It ranked 19,131st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Summerall?

Charles Pelot Summerall, American military officer (1867–1955); US Army Chief of Staff from 1926 to 1930, followed by Pat Summerall.

Where is the surname Summerall most common?

Wikidata records people named Summerall in the United States.

Is the surname Summerall getting more or less common?

More common. 1,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,421 in 2010, up 9.7%.

The surname Summerall

A surname, carried by 1,421 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S564

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Summerall is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,421 people named Summerall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 217,273 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,295.

#19,131

rank among US surnames

1,421

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+9.7%

change since 2000 (was #19,355)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,123	Winebarger	1,422	217,121
#19,131	Byerley	1,421	217,273
#19,138	Dorrell	1,420	217,426

Who is named Summerall

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

71% of people named Summerall identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Summeralls

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Pelot Summerall
American military officer (1867–1955); US Army Chief of Staff from 1926 to 1930
Pat Summerall
American football player and television sportscaster (1930-2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Summerall

Summerall has the Soundex code S564, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S564.

Questions

How common is the surname Summerall?: 1,421 people in the United States had the surname Summerall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 217,273 Americans. It ranked 19,131st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Summerall?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Summerall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Summerall?: Charles Pelot Summerall, American military officer (1867–1955); US Army Chief of Staff from 1926 to 1930, followed by Pat Summerall.
Where is the surname Summerall most common?: Wikidata records people named Summerall in the United States.
Is the surname Summerall getting more or less common?: More common. 1,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,421 in 2010, up 9.7%.