Last Name SOMERVILLE

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Meaning Local: De Somerville. The progenitor of the noble femily was Walter de Somerville, lord of Wicknor, in Staffordshire, and of Aston Somervill, in county Gloucester, who came into ENgland with Willam the Conqueror, and left two sons, who became ancestors respectively of the ENglish and of the Scottish Somervilles. This name has been amglicized to Somerfield.
The family are descended from Sir Walter de Somerville, who came into England with William the Conqueror; his son, William de Somerville, settled in Scotland.
The village near a marsh or lake; So 'mer,' a marshy soil, near water or the sea. So, for 'swl,' 'sal,' the earth, soil, land. 'Samhradh,' Gaelic, summer, from 'Samh,' the sun. Somerset may have been so called because the primitive inhabitants had an altar to the sun, 'samh,' or because the country lay to the south.
Origin English, Scottish, Irish, Maltese

Rank 5,015 (2000 US census) 4,524 (1990 US census)
Count 6,419 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 70.93%, or 4553 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 25.77%, or 1654 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.41%, or 26 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.23%, or 15 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.48%, or 95 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.18%, or 76 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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