Somenza Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Somenza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somenza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa551:985,04961,274
Italy411:1,491,62780,856

Somenza Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Somenza Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Somenza occurs most in South Africa. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Somenza? popularity and diffusion

The last name Somenza is the 1,894,523rd most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Somenza live; 57 percent live in Southern Africa and 57 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Somenza is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 985,049. In South Africa it is mostly found in: North West, where 89 percent live and Gauteng, where 11 percent live. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Italy, where 43 percent live.

Somenza Last Name Statistics demography

Somenza earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.01% less than the national average, earning R 118,788 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Semenza861,307/
Somenzi861,201/
Somenze8649/
Samenza8623/
Somenzzi808/
Semenzha805/
Somentsa801/
Comenzaa801/
Shemenza801/
Somencha801/
Scemenza801/
Samentzas754/
Sahamenza751/
Somensi711,273/
Comenzo7168/
Samnzad7134/
Somense7133/
Somenci7123/
Camenza7110/
Semensa717/
Somenco715/
Saminza715/
Samenja712/
Sumenja711/
Somenso711/
Somemzi711/
Samenzi711/
Samenze711/
Soumensaha711/
Sumenze711/
Somenssi6727/
Shamenja677/
Chomenja676/
Somensse675/
Somenjit674/
Chamenza671/
Somendje671/
Samuenze671/
Samendja671/
Sumenzoh671/
Commensa671/
Sommensi671/
Soumensi671/

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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 Somenza
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis