Sommen Surname
Approximately 514 people bear this surname
Sommen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 337 | 1:34,115 | 5,544 |
| Netherlands | 100 | 1:168,872 | 24,561 |
| France | 54 | 1:1,230,050 | 127,496 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey | 4 | 1:12,971 | 2,116 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Sommén (7) are calculated separately.
Sommen (14) may also be a first name.
Sommen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sommen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sommen has its highest incidence in Belgium. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Sommén. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sommen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 603,653rd most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,178,105 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Sommen live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used given name at a global level It is held by 14 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is held by 337 people, or 1 in 34,115. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Belgium this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 19 percent are found and France, where 11 percent are found.
Sommen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sommen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sommen surname decreased 64 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Sommen
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