Sumit
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/sumɪt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sumit is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the most common surname.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 108as Smith(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 125as Smith
- BGBulgaria≈1 in 130as Smith
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sumit itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #20 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 697 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 108 (inferred from the name graph)
2,442,977 named Smith, 2010
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est., as Smith
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Smith in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 6 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sumit counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #1 | 2,442,977as Smith | 1 in 136 | 2.4M | Smith | 697 |
| GB United Kingdom | #1 | ≈610,000 est. | ≈1 in 108 | 11K | Smith | 463 |
| CA Canada | #1 | ≈250,000 est. | ≈1 in 149 | 3 | Smith | 393 |
| EG Egypt | #100 | ≈240,000 est. | ≈1 in 434 | — | Smith | 69 |
| IT Italy | #1 | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 291 | 1 | Smith | 141 |
| AU Australia | #1 | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 133 | 1 | Smith | 381 |
| BG Bulgaria | #62 | ≈54,000 est. | ≈1 in 130 | — | Smith | 66 |
| IE Ireland | #1 | ≈41,000 est. | ≈1 in 125 | — | Smith | 180 |
| NZ New Zealand | #1 | ≈38,000 est. | ≈1 in 131 | — | Smith | 224 |
2,442,977 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sumit is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, third-person singular present active indicative of sūmō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kxd, moustache (hair on upper lip)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In iba, moustache
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sumit Bhadurib. 1948INIndian organometallic chemist
- Sumit Joshib. 1962economist (George Washington University)
- Sumit Chowdhuryb. 1969INIndian writer and businessman
- Sumit Agarwalb. 1970USeconomist (National University of Singapore (NUS))
- Sumit Nijhawanb. 1978INactor
- Sumit Vatsb. 1981INIndian television actor
- Sumit Gulatib. 1990INIndian film actor
- Sumit Kumarb. 1995INIndian cricketer (1995-)
- Sumit Nagalb. 1997INIndian tennis player
- Sumit Antilb. 1998INIndian para-athlete
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 33 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.2K | #6,916 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 33 | #6,916 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 1997 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 5 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 1995 | 5 | — |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2023 | 1 | #23,152 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Sumit a male or female name?
- Sumit is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Sumit?
- A machine transcription gives /sumɪt/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- In which country does Sumit have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.4 million people named Smith, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Sumit?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,442,977 people named Smith in 2010, about 1 in 136 residents.
- How common is Sumit compared with other names?
- In the United States, Sumit is the most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Sumit?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sumitThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sumit” — the most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.