How common is the surname Summitt?

1,612 people in the United States had the surname Summitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. It ranked 17,481st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Summitt?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Summitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Summitt getting more or less common?

More common. 1,541 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,612 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Summitt

A surname, carried by 1,612 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Summitt is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,612 people named Summitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,541.

#17,481

rank among US surnames

1,612

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #16,995)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,472	Wisneski	1,613	191,411
#17,481	Searls	1,612	191,529

Who is named Summitt

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

94% of people named Summitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Summitt

Summitt has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.

Questions

How common is the surname Summitt?: 1,612 people in the United States had the surname Summitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. It ranked 17,481st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Summitt?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Summitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Summitt getting more or less common?: More common. 1,541 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,612 in 2010, up 4.6%.