Somagnan Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Somagnan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somagnan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin2491:41,5085,342
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Somagnan (44) may also be a first name.

Somagnan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Somagnan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Somagnan is most common in Benin. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Somagnan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,006,539th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 28,804,529 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Somagnan live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Somagnan is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 44 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 249 people, or 1 in 41,508. In Benin Somagnan is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 84 percent live, Mono Department, where 8 percent live and Zou Department, where 6 percent live. Apart from Benin this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live and Ethiopia, where 0 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 Somagnan
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