Somfula Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Somfula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somfula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2341:231,52923,959
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Somfula Last Name Facts

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

The surname Somfula is found most in South Africa. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Somfula? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,006,539th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,804,529 people. Somfula is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Somfula are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 234 people, or 1 in 231,529. In South Africa it is most common in: North West, where 39 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 32 percent are found and Gauteng, where 17 percent are found. Besides South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 7 percent are found and Scotland, where 0 percent are found.

Somfula Last Name Statistics demography

Somfula earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.15% less than the national average, earning R 161,244 per year.

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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 Somfula
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