Sominan Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sominan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sominan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Sominan (162) may also be a first name.

Sominan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sominan is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sominan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Sominan reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sominan is also the 720,105th most widespread first name globally, held by 162 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. In Benin it is most frequent in: Atakora Department, where 50 percent reside and Collines Department, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Benin this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 25 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 Sominan
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