Somfele Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

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

Somfele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Somfele Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
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Somfele Demographics

Average Somfele Salary in
South Africa

R 119,820

Per year
Rank:
118,083 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.39057E-5
Rank: 123,969 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
50.42%
Sample size: 5 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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Somfele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Somfele is most common in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Somfele? popularity and diffusion

Somfele is the 2,876,555th most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Somfele live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 1,177,776. In South Africa Somfele is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 48 percent are found, Limpopo, where 17 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 17 percent are found.

Somfele Last Name Statistics demography

Somfele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.58% less than the national average, earning R 119,820 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Somfehle9315/
Sonfele861/
Somfela861/
Samfele861/
Sonfole719/
Schonfeler711/
Sonfale711/
Samfile710/
Samfelis672/
Scanfele672/
Djamfele671/
Sompheli671/
Sonfelis671/
Shanfele670/
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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 Somfele
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