Somako Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Somako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 130 | 1:79,505 | 9,420 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Somakô (1) are calculated separately.
Somako (12) may also be a first name.
Somako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somako Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somako (Arabic: سوماكو, Russian: Сьомако) is most common in Benin. It can also be found as a variant: Somakô. For other potential spellings of Somako click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somako? popularity and diffusion
Somako is the 1,537,949th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Somako are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name globally, held by 12 people.
The surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 79,505. In Benin Somako is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 81 percent live, Mono Department, where 16 percent live and Zou Department, where 2 percent live. Barring Benin Somako exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somako Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somako in the Russian language | ||
| Сьомако | somako | - |
| Somako in the Arabic language | ||
| سوماكو | swmakw | - |
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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 Somako
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