Sohmen Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Sohmen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 64 | 1:1,257,898 | 80,532 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
The alternate forms: Söhmen (16) are calculated separately.
Sohmen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sohmen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sohmen is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Söhmen. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sohmen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,255,512th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Sohmen live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Sohmen is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 1,257,898. In Germany Sohmen is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 69 percent live, Hesse, where 13 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live. Beside Germany Sohmen exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Sohmen
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