Surname Sumner (Sumner 
, サムナー, Самнер 
) , worldwide, is a common cognomen. The surname Sumner is characteristic of Bahamas, where it is quite a common surname, the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname, and New Zealand. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Much less frequently, Sumner is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Sumner | United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Malaysia, Canada |
| Самнер | Ukraine |
| mary sumner (1665-1724) (b. 1665) |
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| sarah sumner (29 Dec 1685 - 22 Feb 1759) (b. 1685) |
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mary sumner (18 May 1744 - 12 Sep 1824) (b. 1744) |
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increase sumner Governor of Massachusetts; Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Associate Justice, US (b. 1746) |
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| john sumner Canon of Windsor (b. 1705) |
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| increase sumner 9 Jun 1713 Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA - 28 Nov 1774 Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA (b. 1713) |
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| mary sumner (1717-1798) (b. 1717) |
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| robert sumner English schoolmaster (b. 1729) |
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john sumner Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Chester; British Anglican bishop (1780-1862), GB (b. 1780) |
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| jethro sumner American Continental Army officer (c1733–c1785), US (b. 1733) |
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| thomas hunt sumner (1734-1803) (b. 1734) |
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sumner ely American physician and politician (1787-1857), US (b. 1787) |
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| sarah sumner (1738-1738) (b. 1738) |
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charles sumner Bishop of Winchester; Bishop of Llandaff (1790-1874), GB (b. 1790) |
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| joseph sumner American minister, 1740-1824, US (b. 1740) |
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