The Summerville surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,905 people carried this name — #6,861 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,744 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

In print

Summerville in American newspapers,
1916–1917.

Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Summerville
Brownsville Herald 1917-11-30
Newspaper page from Audubon Republican carrying the name Summerville
Audubon Republican 1916-09-28
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Summerville
Omaha Daily Bee 1916-02-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,614 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Summerville in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

8,055 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Summerville. The most, 2,012, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,915
Queensland 3,353
Western Australia 316
Victoria 202
South Australia 155
Tasmania 77
ACT (Canberra) 22
Northern Territory 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Summerville.

Who carried it

People named Summerville,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph D. Summerville
    Joseph D. Summerville 1860–1905 · politician
  • Amelia Summerville
    Amelia Summerville 1862–1934 · actor
  • William Henry Summerville
    William Henry Summerville 1862–1919 · politician
  • Slim Summerville
    Slim Summerville 1892–1946 · actor
  • William Summerville 1879–1969 · politician
  • Slim Summerville 1892–1946 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Summerville,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States412 records

412 records of the Summerville name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 139
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 76
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 74
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 62
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 26
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 21
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William H. Summerville

    Born 1914 in Maryland. Enlisted 1942 at Baltimore; porter from Baltimore City. Veteran; died 1970, buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Willie Summerville

    Born 1947; from Greenville, Mississippi. U.S. Army, unit supply specialist; died in an accident 1969 in Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Summerville

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Adriatic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 45; miner. From Yorkshire, England; bound for Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 412 records for Summerville in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia100 records

100 records of the Summerville name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 55
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 27
  • Tasmanian Names Index 12
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 5
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Samuel Summerville

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Emily, sailing from Dublin in 1844. Native of Down.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Summerville

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Winchester, aged 21; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Robert Summerville

    Farmer of Casterton, Victoria; died 1927.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 100 records for Summerville in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada10 records

10 records of the Summerville name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Florence S. Summerville

    Died 1924 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Marguerite Mary Summerville

    Died 1977; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Frederick Bruce Summerville

    Died in service in 1992.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 10 records for Summerville in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Summerville.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Summerville is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See the Summerville volume
Scroll to Top