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
Somoa (Russian: Сомоа) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somoa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 71 percent of Somoa are found; 71 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 71 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Somoa is also the 962,660th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 97 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne 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. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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