Sombes Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Sombes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 150 | 1:138,460 | 15,452 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
Sombes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sombes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sombes is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sombes? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sombes is the 1,391,595th most frequently held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sombes live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 138,460. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: East Region, where 97 percent are found, Centre Region, where 1 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Sombes
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