Somers is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Germany, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Somers
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Germany, England
Meaning:

Somers is a variant form of the Summers. The summoner, i.e., the petty officer who warns people to appear in court.

Somers is variant form of Sommer. Descendant of Sumer or Somer or Somer meaning "summer"; Variant of Summers meaning "the summoner".

Descendant of Sumer or Somer or Somer meaning "summer"; Variant of Summers meaning "the summoner".

Somers is the variant form of the Summer. The summoner, i.e., the petty officer who warns people to appear in court.

Appears to be the genitive form of some Teutonic personal name, from which many local names have originated; as Somerby, Somershall, Somerford, Somercoates, etc.

The surname Somers is a variation of Sumpton. This very remarkable name appears to be a contraction of "Assumption" (i.e., of the Virgin Mary), the church festival, and to be cognate with Pentecost, Christmas, Easter, etc.

How popular is Somers?

Somers is common in United States, Belgium, England, Canada, Netherlands, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, Jamaica, Scotland, New Zealand, France, Northern Ireland.

Somers is ranked 16061 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Somers bearers increased by 0.97 per cent in 2010 US census to 10762 since 2000, the surname slipped by 218 spots and ranked at 3333. The last name was found in around 4 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.29 92.68
Hispanic or Latino 2.85 2.12
Black 2.56 2.19
Others 1.58 1.18
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.25 1.35
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.46 0.48
Somers is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Belgium lie ahead in terms of density. Around 34708 people have been found who wears Somers as their family name. Somers is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Somers:
2,983 United States15,306
Countries with thousands of Somers:
150 Belgium5,514
2,766 England2,872
1,900 Canada2,864
925 Netherlands2,209
500 Ireland1,742
2,372 Australia1,602
Countries with hundreds of Somers:
10,647 South Africa626
920 Jamaica363
2,333 Scotland268
4,349 New Zealand182
56,305 France175
1,817 Northern Ireland149
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,343 Wales93
68,573 Germany81
162,071 Thailand65
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
58,335 Argentina47
17,909 Sweden38
13,026 Denmark38
41,658 Spain38
4,129 Luxembourg31
25,178 Israel30
4,299 Paraguay29
170,033 Brazil29
9,043 Qatar28
12,265 Portugal28
50,656 Zimbabwe22
32,927 Mexico19
73,285 Greece17
1,065 Isle of Man17
4,719 New Caledonia16
78,777 Malaysia15
58,041 Austria13
610,955 India11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
2,922 Iceland9
436,635 Russia8
63,315 Switzerland8
50,907 Norway7
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Pat Somers from Ireland aboard the Independence from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 23 years old when he arrived in USA on May 26, 1846. John Somers, aged 40, Rose Somers, aged 36, Catherine Somers (11) Workwoman, Thomas Somers, William Somers, aged 27, Morgan Somers, aged 26, Pierce Somers, aged 20, Catherine Somers, aged 24, and 47 other Somers around 61.11% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and spinster, blacksmith migrated to US from Liverpool, Cork & Liverpool and Dublin.

From Germany

Christian Somers worked as servant and hailed from Wurtemberg. 40 years old embarked for USA from Antwerp on Mayflower and arrived on September 6, 1853. Johan Somers, aged 20, Victor Somers, aged 30, Andreas Somers (36) Laborer, Dealer Fried. Somers, are other Somers that migrated to US from Liverpool & Queenstown, Antwerp and Bremen.

Somers Namesakes

  • Richard Somers, officer of the United States Navy
  • Steve Somers, American talk radio host best
  • Charles Somers, American executive in Cleveland
  • George Somers, English naval hero
  • Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers, British politician
  • Peter Somers, Scottish footballer,
  • Harry Somers, musical artist
  • Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress, singer
  • John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English Whig jurist and statesman
  • Bart Somers, Belgian, Flemish politician
  • Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers, British Army officer
  • James Somers, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Daryl Somers, Australian television personality and musician
  • Andrew Lawrence Somers, was born in Brooklyn, New York
  • Peter J. Somers, Irish-American mayor of Milwaukee
  • Doug Somers, professional wrestler
  • Hans Somers, retired football attacking midfielder
  • Art Somers, professional ice hockey player
  • Dermot Somers, Irish mountaineer, explorer, writer

Somers Namesakes

  • Richard Somers, officer of the United States Navy
  • Steve Somers, American talk radio host best
  • Charles Somers, American executive in Cleveland
  • George Somers, English naval hero
  • Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers, British politician
  • Peter Somers, Scottish footballer,
  • Harry Somers, musical artist
  • Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress, singer
  • John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English Whig jurist and statesman
  • Bart Somers, Belgian, Flemish politician
  • Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers, British Army officer
  • James Somers, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Daryl Somers, Australian television personality and musician
  • Andrew Lawrence Somers, was born in Brooklyn, New York
  • Peter J. Somers, Irish-American mayor of Milwaukee
  • Doug Somers, professional wrestler
  • Hans Somers, retired football attacking midfielder
  • Art Somers, professional ice hockey player
  • Dermot Somers, Irish mountaineer, explorer, writer

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