Somande Surname
Approximately 494 people bear this surname
Somande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 478 | 1:38,394 | 1,951 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
The alternate forms: Somandé (1) are calculated separately.
Somande (12) may also be a first name.
Somande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somande Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somande (Marathi: सोमंदे) is found most in Burkina Faso. It can also appear in the variant forms: Somandé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somande? popularity and diffusion
It is the 621,618th most commonly used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 14,752,117 people. The last name Somande is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Somande live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Somande is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 12 people.
The surname is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 478 people, or 1 in 38,394. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 32 percent live, Nord Region, where 30 percent live and Centre Region, where 19 percent live. Outside of Burkina Faso it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somande Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somande in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमंदे | somande | - |
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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
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- 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 Somande
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