How common is the surname Summerfield?

2,758 people in the United States had the surname Summerfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,945 Americans. It ranked 11,423rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Summerfield?

Eleanor Summerfield, British actress.

Where is the surname Summerfield most common?

Wikidata records people named Summerfield in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Summerfield getting more or less common?

More common. 2,663 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,758 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Summerfield

A surname, carried by 2,758 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S561

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Summerfield is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,758 people named Summerfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,945 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,663.

#11,423

rank among US surnames

2,758

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,964)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,414	Brummer	2,761	111,824
#11,415	Schober	2,760	111,864
#11,420	Polzin	2,759	111,905
#11,423	Greig	2,758	111,945
#11,428	Popa	2,757	111,986
#11,430	Eshelman	2,756	112,027

Who is named Summerfield

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

85% of people named Summerfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Summerfields

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eleanor Summerfield
British actress, 1921–2001

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Summerfield

Summerfield has the Soundex code S561, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S561.

Questions

How common is the surname Summerfield?: 2,758 people in the United States had the surname Summerfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,945 Americans. It ranked 11,423rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Summerfield?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Summerfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Summerfield?: Eleanor Summerfield, British actress.
Where is the surname Summerfield most common?: Wikidata records people named Summerfield in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Summerfield getting more or less common?: More common. 2,663 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,758 in 2010, up 3.6%.