Sombou Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Sombou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Sombou (14) may also be a first name.
Sombou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sombou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sombou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sombou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sombou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,849,867th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Sombou live; 42 percent live in Southeast Asia and 42 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sombou is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 14 people.
Sombou is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 506,563. In Cameroon Sombou is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 39 percent reside, East Region, where 29 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 24 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 41 percent reside and Benin, where 10 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
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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 Sombou
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