Somke Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

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

Somke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1271:426,59636,772
Thailand341:2,077,598243,257
Niger151:1,279,46826,841
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Somke (13) may also be a first name.

Somke Last Name Facts

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

Somke is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Somke click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Somke? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,252,959th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Somke are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Somke is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 13 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 426,596. In South Africa Somke is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 87 percent reside, Western Cape, where 8 percent reside and Gauteng, where 2 percent reside. Beside South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 18 percent reside and Niger, where 8 percent reside.

Somke Last Name Statistics demography

Somke earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.42% less than the national average, earning R 86,928 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Somket9137/
Somkea914/
Soemke913/
Somkey912/
Somkhe912/
Soumke911/
Somked911/
Shomke910/
Somk8994/
Shomker839/
Shoemke832/
Somkeha832/
Shomkee831/
Somkeit831/
Samke803,260/
Semke801,471/
Somka8059/
Somkh8039/
Somki809/
Sumke808/
Somky806/
Sümke801/
Zomke801/
Somgk801/
Shomk800/
Schomker773/
Somkheha771/
Siomka7394/
Jomket7383/
Siemke7365/
Somkai7329/
Sehmke7323/
Seemke7322/
Shemke7318/
Somkay7317/
Samkey7311/
Semmke7311/
Shomka738/
Samkea738/
Sumker738/
Zomkey735/
Soumka734/
Siamke734/
Samkeh733/
Samkeu733/
Soomkh733/
Semkey732/
Ziomke732/
Samkhe732/
Samkee732/
Sjomka732/
Somkoi732/
Somgue732/
Comkey731/
Somkka731/
Shumke731/
Shamke731/
Suumke731/
Samkei731/
Somkha731/
Soumki731/
Samkes731/
Samkie731/
Samked731/
Somkhi731/
Somkij731/
Somkoa731/
Sumket731/
Comkea730/
Semcke730/
Sumkey730/
Somche730/
Somcks730/
Schomk730/
Samk67500/
Somkova67116/
Somkaya67107/
Somc6791/
Shamkei6751/
Schemke6747/
Szemkeő6733/
Schamke6719/
Shomkaa6715/
Samkerr6714/
Somchea6713/
Somg6710/
Joomket6710/
Shamkeh679/
Somkait674/
Shoymka673/
Shumker672/
Choumke672/
Somgkit672/
Chomkea672/
Chomket672/
Samketh671/
Shoimek671/
Summkes671/
Shamkee671/
Shamkie671/
Seumkep671/
Shomkha671/
Soumgue671/
Soumkai671/
Soumkui671/
Samkeer671/
Schömke671/
Somchey671/
Somkaha671/
Soomkay671/
Joomked671/
Joomker671/
Schumke670/

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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 Somke
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