Sommerau Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Sommerau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 78 | 1:105,294 | 11,128 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Sömmerau (1) are calculated separately.
Sommerau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sommerau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sommerau is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Sömmerau. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sommerau? popularity and diffusion
Sommerau is the 1,765,740th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Sommerau are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 105,294. In Switzerland it is most frequent in: Canton of Graubünden, where 51 percent are found, Canton of Schwyz, where 23 percent are found and Canton of Zürich, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Switzerland this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 16 percent are found and Hong Kong, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Sommerau
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