Somkence 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

Somkence Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somkence Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1431:378,86533,977
Zimbabwe401:385,95635,257
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Somkence Last Name Facts

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

The last name Somkence occurs most in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Somkence? popularity and diffusion

The last name Somkence is the 1,252,959th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Somkence reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Somkence is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 378,865. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 62 percent are found, Western Cape, where 25 percent are found and Gauteng, where 10 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent are found and New Zealand, where 1 percent are found.

Somkence Last Name Statistics demography

Somkence earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.88% less than the national average, earning R 116,736 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Somkenkce941/
Sonkence886/
Somkentse823/
Sonkens6717/
Sjomkins634/
Samkins5317/
Sonkins532/
Sankens530/
Sankengi50130/
Shonkins500/

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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 Somkence
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