Sommes Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sommes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
Sommes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sommes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sommes is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sommes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Sommes occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 38 percent of Sommes reside; 25 percent reside in North America and 25 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
Sommes is most common in England, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England it is mostly found in: Greater London, where 50 percent reside and West Midlands, where 50 percent reside. Beside England this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.
Sommes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sommes has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Sommes surname grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 92 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 Sommes
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