Somboy Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Somboy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
Somboy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somboy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somboy is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Somboy? popularity and diffusion
Somboy is the 4,772,636th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 65 percent of Somboy reside; 65 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 65 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Somboy is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 55 percent are found and Enga, where 45 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 24 percent are found and The Philippines, where 12 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
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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 Somboy
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