English: habitational name from a place named Somerton, usually
from Old English sumor ‘summer’ + tun ‘farmstead’,
notably Somerton in Oxfordshire, where the surname is still relatively
common. There are also places so named in Somerset and Norfolk which
may also have contributed to the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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