Somkebe Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

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

Somkebe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somkebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033

Somkebe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Somkebe occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Somkebe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Somkebe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Somkebe is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,851,458. In South Africa Somkebe is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 74 percent are found, Gauteng, where 5 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent are found.

Somkebe Last Name Statistics demography

Somkebe earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 2.81% more than the national average, earning R 244,308 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Somkhebe9328/
Sonkebe866/
Sonkibe717/
Sankebe715/
Somkobi711/
Zoumkibe67393/
Joumkibe671/
Semkebai671/
Samkeeva671/
Shamkeeva6324/
Somkhieva6316/
Shomkevich591/
Somkövi5726/
Samkibai534/
Samkabai534/
Sankeave531/
Sanchebe531/
Sounkiba531/
Samkevich50189/
Samkevych5069/
Samkibist509/
Shamkieva501/
Samkhieva501/

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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 Somkebe
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