# Sumter (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sumter/  
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) | 1,782 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,203 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 173,258 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (1,721 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsʌmtɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sumter 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) | 18% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 76% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sumter in the United States.

## People named Sumter

- Thomas Sumter, American general during the American Revolution (1734–1832)

## Similar surnames

Smothers, Smithers, Smathers, Smither, Sanders, Snyder, Schneider, Saunders, Snider, Sanderson, Sander, Santoro.

## 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.