Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
SOMERVILLE
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
Related and similar surnames
SomervellSomerfield
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Somarville
Somarvill
Somarvil
Saomerville
Saommerville
Simerville
Semerville
Samerville
Somarvile
Simmerville
Sammerville
Samervill
Simervill
Smervil
Seomervell
Simervelle
Someravel
Somarfeild
Samervil
Somehville
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.