Somerset

Used in: 2 countries

From Old English Sumorsǣte, which is short for Sumortūnsǣte, meaning "the people living at or dependent upon Sumortūn (Somerton)". An alternative suggestion is that the name derives from *Seo-mere-sætan meaning "settlers by the sea lakes".

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Somers Root name

Popularity by Country

Somerset

Rank #8203

ONS + GRO (merged) ↗

Somerset

Rank #42677

Frequency 478 people (0.18 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 74.27% Hispanic 1.88% Black 21.34% Two+ 2.51%

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