The Somers surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,762 people carried this name — #3,333 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 10,659 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 3,709 people named Somers live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 38 births for the Somers name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,700 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 9 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 125 people named Somers.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 31 people named Somers live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Somers live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Somers in American newspapers,
1892–1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Somers,
with a public archive behind them.
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George Somers 1554–1610 · politician -
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers 1650–1716 · judge -
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers 1650–1716 · judge
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John Somers, 1st Baron Somers 1651–1716 · judge
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John Somers, 1st Baron Somers 1651–1716 · judge
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Edmund Somers d. 1824 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Somers.
- Solt 1,971 · U.S. census
- Soltani 779 · U.S. census
- Soltys 1,412 · U.S. census
- Soltysiak 359 · U.S. census
- Som 1,910 · U.S. census
- Soma 971 · U.S. census
- Somma 1,354 · U.S. census
- Sommer 11,662 · U.S. census
- Son 10,094 · U.S. census
- Sondag 415 · U.S. census
- Song 25,110 · U.S. census
- Songy 507 · U.S. census
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