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SOMERVILLE

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There are approximately 6,037 people named Somerville in the UK. That makes it the 1,729th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 96 are named Somerville.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic

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The Somerville surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

The village near a marsh or lake; So mer, a marshy soil, near water or the sea. So, for swl, sal, the earth, soil, land. Samhradh, Gaelic, summer, from Samh, the sun. Somerset may have been so called because the primitive inhabitants had an altar to the sun, samh, or because the country lay to the south.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

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