Last Name SUMPTION

Summary/Contribute


Meaning This very ramarkable name appears to be a contraction of 'Assumption' (i.e. of the Vrgin Mary), the church festival, and to be cognate with Pentecost, Christmas, Easter, etc. It is also possible that both Sumpion and Sumpton are variants of Somerton, the 'p' being intrusive, as in Thompson or Simpson.
Origin English

Rank 51,458 (2000 US census) 77,498 (1990 US census)
Count 380 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 98.16%, or 373 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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