Sommeh Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Sommeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Sommeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sommeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sommeh is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sommeh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,274,477th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Sommeh is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sommeh live; 83 percent live in Central Africa and 83 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Sommeh is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon Sommeh is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent live and Kenya, where 3 percent live.
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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 Sommeh
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