Sumner

Sumner is in English originally occupational name for a type bailiff, whose task it was to appoint a process involved before the Court ( engl. to summon ). Such a summoner how modern notation is, among other things, occurs prominently on in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

From the professional title, the use derives from the name, first as a surname, which is derived in turn often as toponym. Use as a first name is rare.

Sumner is the surname of the following persons:

Bernard Sumner ( born 1955 ), British rock musician
Charles Sumner (1811-1874), American politician
Charles A. Sumner (1835-1903), American politician
Daniel A. Sumner ( born 1950 ), American agricultural economist
Daniel H. Sumner (1837-1903), American politician
Edwin Vose Sumner (1797-1863), American Major General in the American Civil War
Eliot Paulina "Coco" Sumner ( born July 30, 1990 in Pisa, Italy), a musician in the formation I Blame Coco
George G._Sumner (1841-1906), American politician
Gordon Matthew Sumner ( born 1951 ), real name of British rock musician Sting
Increase Sumner (1746-1799), American judge and politician
James Batcheller Sumner (1887-1955), American chemist and Nobel laureate
Jessie Sumner (1898-1994), American politician
Joe Sumner (born 1976 ), British musician
John Daniel Sumner (1924-1998), American singer, see JD Sumner
Kurt Sumner (born 1973 ), British biathlete
Mary Sumner ( born 1961 ), German actress and singer
Scott Sumner, American economist
Thomas Sumner (1807-1876), American Captain
William Graham Sumner (1840-1910), American sociologist

Sumner is the name of several places:

In New Zealand: Sumner (New Zealand)

In the United States: Sumner (Georgia )
Sumner (Illinois )
Sumner (Iowa)
Sumner (Kansas)
Sumner (Maine)
Sumner (Michigan)
Sumner (Mississippi)
Sumner (Missouri )
Sumner (Nebraska )
Sumner (Oklahoma), in Noble County
Sumner (Texas)
Sumner (Washington)
Sumner ( Barron County, Wisconsin)
Sumner ( Town, Barron County), Town (ship) in Wisconsin
Sumner ( Town, Jefferson County), Town (ship) in Wisconsin
Sumner ( Town, Trempealeau County), Town (ship) in Wisconsin