How common is the surname Summers?

56,953 people in the United States had the surname Summers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,421 Americans. It ranked 591st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Summers?

Lawrence Summers, American economist and government official (born 1954), followed by DaJuan Summers.

Where is the surname Summers most common?

Wikidata records people named Summers in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.

Is the surname Summers getting more or less common?

More common. 55,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 56,953 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Summers

A surname, carried by 56,953 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S562

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Summers is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 56,953 people named Summers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,421 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 55,391.

#591

rank among US surnames

56,953

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #541)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#583	Mora	57,464	5,373
#584	Valenzuela	57,383	5,380
#585	Bryan	57,143	5,403
#586	Meyers	57,127	5,405
#587	Weiss	57,112	5,406
#588	Underwood	57,064	5,411
#589	Bass	57,044	5,412

Who is named Summers

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

79% of people named Summers identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Summerss

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lawrence Summers
American economist and government official (born 1954)
DaJuan Summers
American basketball player (born 1988)
Angela Summers
American pornographic actress, born 1964
Sarah Rose Summers
American beauty pageant titleholder, born 1994
Yale Summers
Actor from the United States (1933-2012)
Hope Summers
American actress (1896–1979)
Kennedy Summers
American model (born 1987)
Tara Summers
British actress, born 1979
Anne Summers
Australian journalist, memoirist and nonfiction writer, born 1945
Chris Summers
American ice hockey player, born 1988
Kristal Summers
American pornographic actress, born 1972
Gene Summers
American rock musician (1939–2021)

Notable Summerss come mostly from the United States (11), Germany (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Summers

Summers has the Soundex code S562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S562.

Questions

How common is the surname Summers?: 56,953 people in the United States had the surname Summers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,421 Americans. It ranked 591st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Summers?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Summers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Summers?: Lawrence Summers, American economist and government official (born 1954), followed by DaJuan Summers.
Where is the surname Summers most common?: Wikidata records people named Summers in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
Is the surname Summers getting more or less common?: More common. 55,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 56,953 in 2010, up 2.8%.