Somerai Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Somerai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 405 | 1:38,119 | 5,908 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Somerai (49) may also be a first name.
Somerai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somerai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somerai has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somerai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 718,674th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Somerai reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 49 people.
This surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 405 people, or 1 in 38,119. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 63 percent reside, Harare Province, where 18 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, 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 Somerai
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