Someke Surname
Approximately 441 people bear this surname
Someke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 382 | 1:138,591 | 12,789 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Someke (23) may also be a first name.
Someke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Someke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Someke has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Someke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 676,370th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,525,047 people. The last name Someke is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Someke live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Someke is also the 2,239,265th most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 23 people.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 382 people, or 1 in 138,591. In Tanzania Someke is most numerous in: Geita Region, where 42 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 33 percent reside and Mara Region, where 18 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and The United States, 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 Someke
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