Sommerfeld Family History
Sommerfeld Name Meaning
German: habitational name from any of several places so named.German: topographic name from fields so named because they were
cultivated only in the summer, from Middle High German sumer,
Middle Low German somer ‘summer’ + Middle High German, Middle
Low German velt ‘open country’.Jewish (Ashkenazic):
ornamental name composed of German Sommer ‘summer’ +
Feld ‘field’. Compare Sommer.English: variant of
Summerfield.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Sommerfeld
Name Distribution of Sommerfeld Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sommerfeld families
 20 - 37  7 - 19 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Sommerfeld families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Sommerfeld Family Origin
Sommerfeld Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Sommerfeld
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Sommerfeld Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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