How common is the surname Summerville?

4,905 people in the United States had the surname Summerville in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,945 Americans. It ranked 6,861st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Summerville?

Slim Summerville, American actor and director (1892-1946).

Where is the surname Summerville most common?

Wikidata records people named Summerville in the United States.

Is the surname Summerville getting more or less common?

More common. 4,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,905 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Summerville

A surname, carried by 4,905 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). Summerville is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,905 people named Summerville in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,945 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,744.

#6,861

rank among US surnames

4,905

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,588)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,852	Villalba	4,913	62,843
#6,853	Kyles	4,911	62,868
#6,854	Wilmot	4,910	62,881
#6,855	Harrod	4,909	62,894
#6,856	Quijada	4,908	62,907
#6,857	Nieman	4,907	62,919
#6,858	Brauer	4,906	62,932

Who is named Summerville

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

55% of people named Summerville identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 40%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Summervilles

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Slim Summerville
American actor and director (1892-1946)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Summerville

Summerville 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 Summerville?: 4,905 people in the United States had the surname Summerville in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,945 Americans. It ranked 6,861st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Summerville?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Summerville identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Summerville?: Slim Summerville, American actor and director (1892-1946).
Where is the surname Summerville most common?: Wikidata records people named Summerville in the United States.
Is the surname Summerville getting more or less common?: More common. 4,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,905 in 2010, up 3.4%.