Somkan Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Somkan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somkan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand1311:539,22492,925
Turkey421:1,852,89166,380
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Somkan (75) may also be a first name.

Somkan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Somkan is held by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Somkan.

How Common Is The Last Name Somkan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,300,225th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Somkan reside; 75 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 75 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 1,116,575th most commonly used given name on earth It is held by 75 people.

The last name is most widely held in Thailand, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 539,224. In Thailand Somkan is primarily concentrated in: Chiang Mai Province, where 76 percent reside, Songkhla Province, where 5 percent reside and Bangkok, where 3 percent reside. Barring Thailand it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Somkane92868/
Somkhan9274/
Somkaun922/
Somkhane863,442/
Sjomkane8622/
Somkhaun862/
Jomkan8353/
Samkan8329/
Sumkan8316/
Somkon835/
Semkan830/
Somkhasin8013/
Soumkhane809/
Somkheang801/
Samkhan77321/
Chomkan77232/
Samkane77139/
Zoomkan7743/
Somkoun7720/
Somkhon7712/
Somkoon779/
Siamkan778/
Jomkhan774/
Semkhan771/
Sumkhan771/
Sumkang771/
Somhkam771/
Somquan771/
Somcane771/
Shamkan771/
Shamkhan71150/
Samkasen71146/
Somkasem715/
Shemkhan712/
Somkhoon712/
Somkhoun712/
Summkaun711/
Saemkaan711/
Soomkong711/
Samcan6748/
Jamkan6710/
Camkan678/
Somkom676/
Samkon676/
Zamkan674/
Somcon674/
Comkon672/
Sumcan672/
Somcam671/
Semkon671/
Comcan671/
Jomkon671/

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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 Somkan
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