Somanga Surname
Approximately 408 people bear this surname
Somanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 397 | 1:133,354 | 12,432 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Somanga (33) may also be a first name.
Somanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somanga occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Somanga is the 716,247th most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 17,861,632 people. Somanga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Somanga live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 33 people.
The surname Somanga is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 397 people, or 1 in 133,354. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 95 percent live, Arusha Region, where 2 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and The Ivory Coast, 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 Somanga
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