Last Name SOMERSET

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Meaning	Local: Of Somerset, one who had left the county and received his surname as an emigrant from that particular shire.

Origin	English, Irish, Austrian

Rank	42,677 (2000 US census)	45,355 (1990 US census)

Count	478 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

74.27%, or 355 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
21.34%, or 102 total occurrences, as black,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.51%, or 12 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.88%, or 9 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

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Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...