Somoka Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Somoka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 231 | 1:169,001 | 14,391 |
| Tanzania | 56 | 1:945,386 | 44,615 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Somoka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somoka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somoka is found most in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somoka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 919,444th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. The last name Somoka occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Somoka live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Somoka is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 231 people, or 1 in 169,001. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Budaka District, where 56 percent live, Kampala District, where 8 percent live and Wakiso District, where 7 percent live. Besides Uganda it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 19 percent live and Benin, where 0 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 Somoka
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