Somhorst Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Somhorst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 219 | 1:77,110 | 13,022 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Somhorst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somhorst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somhorst is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Somhorst click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somhorst? popularity and diffusion
Somhorst is the 1,092,155th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Somhorst live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Somhorst is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 77,110. In The Netherlands Somhorst is most prevalent in: Overijssel, where 62 percent reside, Gelderland, where 19 percent reside and Utrecht, where 8 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
Somhorst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Somhorst has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 56 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schomhorst | 89 | 1 | / |
| Somors | 86 | 0 | / |
| Shamhorst | 82 | 0 | / |
| Shonhorst | 82 | 0 | / |
| Sohnhorst | 82 | 0 | / |
| Sommors | 80 | 1 | / |
| Somerst | 80 | 0 | / |
| Schonhorst | 78 | 230 | / |
| Schamhorst | 78 | 5 | / |
| Sanhorst | 75 | 0 | / |
| Schohnhorst | 74 | 1 | / |
| Samors | 71 | 27 | / |
| Somars | 71 | 10 | / |
| Sonors | 71 | 4 | / |
| Shamhurst | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sommars | 67 | 219 | / |
| Soumars | 67 | 8 | / |
| Samarst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schonharst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schanhorst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schonhorsh | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Somhorst
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