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 or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sommey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Sommey is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Sommey live; 63 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Sommey is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 3,461,511. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 83 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 17 percent reside. Besides Cameroon Sommey is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 13 percent reside and Malaysia, where 13 percent reside.
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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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