Summa
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially theology or philosophy
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/sɐmə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Summa is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 176K(measured from records)
- ITItaly≈1 in 23K
- FIFinland1 in 33K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 239 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially theology or philosophy.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Summa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 23K | listed | Summa | 36 |
| US United States | 1,886 | 1 in 176K | 1.9K | Summa | 239 |
| IN India | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 3.2M | 1 | — | 10 |
| DZ Algeria | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 176K | — | Summa | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 286K | 16 | Summa | 40 |
| FI Finland | 171 | 1 in 33K | 171 | — | 6 |
| CH Switzerland | 54 | 1 in 156K | 54 | — | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); the xinhua-italian-manual register; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Summa is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Polish, summa (medieval didactics literary genre written in Latin, born during the 12th century, and popularized in 13th century Europe)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Icelandic, a sum; (a quantity obtained by addition or aggregation)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, top, summit, highest point or place
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Finnish, sum (result of addition)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In izh, sum, amount
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Homer Summab. 1898USAmerican baseball player (1898–1966)
- Franco Summab. 1938ITItalian artist
- Pierangelo Summab. 1947IT(1947-2015)
- Francine Summab. 1953FRFrench jurist and lawyer
- Sara Summab. 1988FRfilm director
- Robin Summab. 1994FRactor
- Mireille Gettler-SummaFRFrench mathematician and academic
- Christopher Summadirector and filmmaker
- Marino SummaRoman Catholic bishop
- Lekë SummaRoman Catholic bishop
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.9K | #15,520 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.9K | #14,550 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.5K | #18,143 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 171 | #8,425 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 68 | — |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 56 | #5,518 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 54 | #17,560 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 16 | #104,899 |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Summa mean, and where does it come from?
- A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially theology or philosophy. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Summa?
- A machine transcription gives /sɐmə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Summa have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.8 thousand people named Summa in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled summa.
- How common is the name Summa?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,886 people named Summa in 2010, about 1 in 176 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/summaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Summa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.