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 surname Somande (Marathi: सोमंदे) is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It may appear in the variant forms: Somandé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somande? popularity and diffusion
The surname Somande is the 621,618th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,752,117 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Somande live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name in the world It is held by 12 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 478 people, or 1 in 38,394. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 32 percent are found, Nord Region, where 30 percent are found and Centre Region, where 19 percent are found. Aside from Burkina Faso it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found and The Philippines, where 1 percent are found.
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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