Somfa Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Somfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Somfa (19) may also be a first name.
Somfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Somfa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somfa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Somfa is the 3,665,662nd most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Somfa are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Somfa is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 19 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somfai | 91 | 540 | / |
| Somfay | 91 | 57 | / |
| Somfah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sonfa | 80 | 43 | / |
| Somfe | 80 | 27 | / |
| Samfa | 80 | 6 | / |
| Sumfa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Somfi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Semfa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sompha | 73 | 778 | / |
| Samfaß | 73 | 35 | / |
| Suonfa | 73 | 31 | / |
| Sumfas | 73 | 28 | / |
| Samfat | 73 | 16 | / |
| Somfoo | 73 | 14 | / |
| Samfay | 73 | 3 | / |
| Shamfa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sonfah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sonfai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Somfio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sounfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Samfas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Djomfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Samfai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Comfai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Comfah | 73 | 0 | / |
| Somphat | 67 | 28 | / |
| Somphoa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Somphap | 67 | 6 | / |
| Samfass | 67 | 6 | / |
| Somphai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sonfast | 67 | 2 | / |
| Somphas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Samfash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samfast | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Somfa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis