Somoa Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Somoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Somoa (97) may also be a first name.
Somoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Somoa (Russian: Сомоа) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Somoa.
How Common Is The Last Name Somoa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Somoa reside; 71 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 71 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 962,660th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 97 people.
This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea Somoa is most frequent in: Southern Highlands, where 40 percent are found, Bougainville, where 20 percent are found and Morobe, where 20 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somoa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somoa in the Russian language | ||
| Сомоа | somoa | - |
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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 Somoa
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