Somotan Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Somotan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Somotan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somotan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somotan is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Somotan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,352,516th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Somotan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Somotan reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Oyo, where 56 percent reside, Lagos, where 34 percent reside and Rivers, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Somotan is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shomotan | 93 | 8 | / |
| Soumoutan | 88 | 16 | / |
| Semotan | 86 | 136 | / |
| Samotan | 86 | 7 | / |
| Somutan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Soumoutane | 82 | 31 | / |
| Somotong | 80 | 342 | / |
| Samotang | 80 | 331 | / |
| Samothan | 80 | 13 | / |
| Somathan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Somothon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sommetan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Somathane | 75 | 47 | / |
| Somathasn | 75 | 2 | / |
| Soumatang | 75 | 1 | / |
| Samatan | 71 | 323 | / |
| Sumatan | 71 | 159 | / |
| Semotán | 71 | 98 | / |
| Semoton | 71 | 95 | / |
| Sumutan | 71 | 22 | / |
| Chomotthan | 71 | 8 | / |
| Samotán | 71 | 4 | / |
| Samotam | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sematan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Somatam | 71 | 2 | / |
| Comoton | 71 | 2 | / |
| Samutan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jomoton | 71 | 1 | / |
| Someton | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samotanova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Semetan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samoton | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jomouton | 67 | 31 | / |
| Samotoin | 67 | 21 | / |
| Samathan | 67 | 21 | / |
| Samatain | 67 | 13 | / |
| Samutane | 67 | 12 | / |
| Samatane | 67 | 5 | / |
| Somathon | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shamatan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Samotoyn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Samotong | 67 | 3 | / |
| Samothon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sumatang | 67 | 2 | / |
| Samautan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sumathan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samastan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samuthan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Semouton | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Somotan
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