Somben Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Somben Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Somben (23) may also be a first name.
Somben Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somben Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somben is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Somben click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somben? popularity and diffusion
Somben is the 2,605,694th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Somben is predominantly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Somben live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,239,265th most prevalent first name globally, held by 23 people.
The surname Somben is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 150,995. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 59 percent live and East Sepik, where 41 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sombeng | 92 | 61 | / |
| Scomben | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sombn | 91 | 2 | / |
| Sonmbeng | 86 | 15 | / |
| Comben | 83 | 696 | / |
| Samben | 83 | 610 | / |
| Semben | 83 | 73 | / |
| Sombin | 83 | 16 | / |
| Sombem | 83 | 6 | / |
| Sumben | 83 | 6 | / |
| Sombng | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sonben | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sümben | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sambeng | 77 | 59 | / |
| Sombing | 77 | 32 | / |
| Sambien | 77 | 30 | / |
| Shombin | 77 | 23 | / |
| Samboen | 77 | 18 | / |
| Siombng | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sumbeng | 77 | 3 | / |
| Shombyn | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sonbeng | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sembeen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Somweng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sombion | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sambeen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Coumben | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sombina | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shemben | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zombeng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Soimbin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shamben | 77 | 1 | / |
| Siombin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shumben | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shümben | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sombuun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sambn | 73 | 19 | / |
| Shombing | 71 | 111 | / |
| Shombina | 71 | 56 | / |
| Siombing | 71 | 31 | / |
| Chombeng | 71 | 24 | / |
| Szambien | 71 | 12 | / |
| Zoombeng | 71 | 6 | / |
| Sommueng | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shombyna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shounben | 71 | 1 | / |
| Choumben | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zoumbeng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shembaen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sambin | 67 | 1,131 | / |
| Combin | 67 | 280 | / |
| Sembin | 67 | 241 | / |
| Samuen | 67 | 73 | / |
| Sumbin | 67 | 56 | / |
| Sanben | 67 | 36 | / |
| Camben | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sambne | 67 | 6 | / |
| Schombing | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sumbem | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zamben | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sunben | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zumben | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jhombenck | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jonben | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sonbin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Somvne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jombin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Somwng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonuen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jamben | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sombim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schonbien | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sonbem | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Somben
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