Summar

surname · Latin script

Meaning: (i) from a medieval nickname for someone with a summery disposition or connection with summer; (ii) translation of Irish Gaelic O Samhraidh; (iii) different form of Sumner and Sumpter

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈsəmɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Summar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 862K(measured from records)

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

386 people, 2010

Sources
24 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 862K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

(i) from a medieval nickname for someone with a summery disposition or connection with summer; (ii) translation of Irish Gaelic O Samhraidh; (iii) different form of Sumner and Sumpter.

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Where in the world(measured from records)

Summar 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.

Where Summar is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States3861 in 862K414Summar19
IN India——1Summar13
PK Pakistan——listedSummar24
AU Australia——1——
GB United Kingdom——listed—5

386 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Summar is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkmen given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Turkmenistan

    Languages: Turkmen, Azerbaijani

    Also written Şummar

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Summar is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Norwegian Nynorsk, indefinite plural of sum

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Interlingua, to add up

    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)

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)

FormalDear Ms Summar,
InformalHi Summar,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Summar
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000414#48,021
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020395#55,981
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010386#53,538
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—6#177,502
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Summar mean, and where does it come from?
(i) from a medieval nickname for someone with a summery disposition or connection with summer; (ii) translation of Irish Gaelic O Samhraidh; (iii) different form of Sumner and Sumpter. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
How do you pronounce Summar?
A machine transcription gives /ˈsəmɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Summar have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 386 people named Summar, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled summar.
Where is Summar most common?
Summar is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 862 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Summar?
In the United States, the national register counted 386 people named Summar in 2010, about 1 in 862 thousand residents.

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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, “Summar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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