Last Name SOMERS

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Meaning The son of Summer. Just as ecclessiastical seasons gave us Noel Pentecost, Pask, Christman, etc, so several centuriesearler popular names for children were descriptive of the natural season in which the child was born, or even the state of the weather. Hence such personal names as Snow, Storm, Winter, Summer, Spring, etc. Such local names as Somerby, Somercoates, Somerford, Somersby, Somersham, Somerton, all implying that the first settler bore the name of Somer.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian

Rank 3,115 (2000 US census) 3,360 (1990 US census)
Count 10,659 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 92.68%, or 9879 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.19%, or 233 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.35%, or 144 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.48%, or 51 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.18%, or 126 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.12%, or 226 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

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