# Summit (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/summit/  
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) | 606 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,838 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 509,481 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (600 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Unknown origin for the surname. In place names, it usually represents a point of high elevation, perhaps the highest in the area.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Summit 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Smit, Summitt, Smith, Smidt, Schmidt, Schmitt, Sneed, Schmid, Snead, Smyth, Smoot, Santoyo.

## 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.