Sommey Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sommey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Sommey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sommey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sommey is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sommey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sommey is the 6,723,624th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Sommey are found; 63 percent are found in Central Africa and 63 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Sommey is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 3,461,511. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 83 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 17 percent live. Barring Cameroon Sommey is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 13 percent live and Malaysia, where 13 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 Sommey
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