Sumner is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sumner
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sumner

How popular is Sumner?

Sumner is common in United States.

Sumner is ranked 14463 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Sumner bearers increased by 5.61193 per cent in 2010 US census to 18838 since 2000, the surname slipped by 58 spots and ranked at 1909. The last name was found in around 64 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.8 89.66
Black 6.51 5.93
Hispanic or Latino 2.21 1.42
Others 1.83 1.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.99 1.1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.66 0.39
Sumner is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guyana is ahead in terms of density. Around 36481 people have been found who wears Sumner as their family name. Sumner is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
746,494 India7
615,517 Russia6
4,333 Puerto Rico3
14,078 Japan3
108,034 Italy3
32,086 Mexico3
14,054 China3
5,630 Northern Ireland2
40,064 Nigeria2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
2,794 El Salvador2
6,353 Panama2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
15,162 Costa Rica1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
49,101 Denmark1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
120,357 Argentina1
31,584 Peru1
91,024 Belgium1
4,249 Cambodia1
17,236 Ghana1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
24,176 Qatar1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
3,243 Suriname1
16,283 Lithuania1
6,212 Jamaica1
8,859 Iraq1
2,578 Guam1
42,479 Greece1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
20,906 Israel47
2,494 Thailand44
28,564 Switzerland36
23,443 Norway26
62,494 Netherlands22
813 Jersey22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
416 The Bahamas91
4,128 Ireland87
32,662 Spain73
104,075 Brazil64
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
16,052 Sweden58
Countries with hundreds of Sumner:
22,254 Germany471
1,731 New Zealand435
1,062 Wales373
34,535 Philippines322
2,440 Scotland282
37,175 France269
597 Guyana243
27,627 Turkey175
Countries with thousands of Sumner:
955 England7,900
2,063 Australia1,532
4,373 Canada1,030
6,345 South Africa1,023
Countries with ten thousands of Sumner:
1,833 United States21,686
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catherine Sumner was 47 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 22, 1851. She lived in Ireland where she worked as immigrant and took Nordlyset from Limerick. Mary Sumner, aged 20, 23 years old J. Sumner, are other Sumner that migrated to US.

Sumner Namesakes

  • John Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Alaric Sumner, Author
  • Charles Sumner Tainter, Inventor
  • Ashley Sumner, Actress
  • Barbara Sumner-Burstyn, Film producer
  • Bernard Sumner, Musician
  • Bernard Sumner, Musician
  • John Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Mickey Sumner, Actress
  • Levi Sumner Burbank, Author
  • In 2020 drama flick, Those We Leave Behind, Steve Sumner played Richard Lambie.
  • In 2015, Jasmine Sumner played the role of April in mystery flick Snow.

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