Shomson Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Shomson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shomson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shomson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shomson is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shomson.
How Common Is The Last Name Shomson? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shomson is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Shomson occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Shomson live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Shomson is most numerous in: Benue, where 80 percent are found and Kaduna, where 20 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shomson
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