Somasse Surname
Approximately 366 people bear this surname
Somasse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 363 | 1:28,473 | 3,785 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Somassè (1) are calculated separately.
Somasse (15) may also be a first name.
Somasse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somasse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somasse occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Somassè. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somasse? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 775,315th most widespread last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 19,911,328 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Somasse live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 15 people.
The surname Somasse is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 363 people, or 1 in 28,473. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 48 percent reside, Plateau Department, where 25 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 9 percent reside. Beside Benin this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 0 percent reside and Senegal, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Somasse
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