About the Somers Surname

It is easy to miss Somers in an index if you only search for Summers. Its meaning, shared with Summers, is “Summer, or packhorse driver”.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Summers and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Somers and Summers

Somers is listed among the recognised spellings of Summers. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

The 2010 census count for Somers in the United States was 10,762, good for rank 3,333. From 1891 to 2000, 285 births in France were registered under Somers. Names that sound alike, such as Sommers, are easily confused in old records. For the full story, order the Somers surname pack.