Somerville is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Somerville
No. of characters: 10
Origin: Scotland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Somerville

How popular is Somerville?

Somerville is common in Scotland.

Somerville is ranked 22568 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Somerville bearers increased by 4.704782 per cent in 2010 US census to 6721 since 2000, the surname slipped by 184 spots and ranked at 5199. The last name was found in around 23 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 67.55 70.93
Black 28.03 25.77
Hispanic or Latino 1.8 1.18
Others 1.7 1.48
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.48 0.41
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.45 0.23
Somerville is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 22831 people have been found who wears Somerville as their family name. Somerville is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,646 Japan7
6,235 Costa Rica7
13,220 Thailand6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
10,542 China4
3,340 Jamaica3
949 Belize3
147,165 Czech Republic2
6,103 Cyprus2
6,353 Panama2
34,681 Norway2
23,344 Austria2
139,444 Brazil2
2,151 Fiji2
5,318 Iraq2
124,220 Italy2
1,777 Jersey2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
24,771 Colombia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
36,814 Romania1
2,374 Bermuda1
40,340 Malaysia1
2,190 Barbados1
66,560 Philippines1
6,820 Angola1
1,704,541 India1
53,033 Nigeria1
91,024 Belgium1
6,688 Malawi1
1,572 Macau1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,895 South Korea1
118,015 Netherlands1
3,307 Malta1
810,193 Indonesia1
90,903 Moldova1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376 Singapore47
28,564 Switzerland36
26,164 Sweden36
52,316 Spain36
396 Isle of Man34
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
23,914 Denmark20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,122 Chile90
3,257 Hong Kong71
Countries with hundreds of Somerville:
772 New Zealand888
8,237 South Africa785
779 Northern Ireland417
11,329 Mexico393
34,330 Germany303
1,908 Ireland257
25,062 Argentina209
3,094 Wales124
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Somerville:
5,012 United States7,911
2,344 England3,399
1,624 Canada3,169
1,238 Australia2,546
471 Scotland1,838
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Somerville was 19 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 25, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as draper and took Robert Parks from Liverpool. Robert Somerville, aged 28, William Somerville (28) Farmer, 26 years old Mary Somerville, James Somerville, aged 2, Christina Somerville, aged 2, 28 years old Thomas Somerville, Margt. Somerville, aged 20, Spinster Anne Somerville, and 23 other Somerville around 33.33% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, servant, dressmaker, house maid migrated to US from Glasgow, Belfast and Newry.

Comments

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Joanna Kindred
Somerville is a topographic name, designated the highest village, that is to say, situated on a hill.

Somerville Namesakes

  • Sierra Somerville portrayed the vital role of Caroline Heath in 2011 western movie For Robbing the Dead.

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