Somphani Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Somphani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Somphani (4) may also be a first name.
Somphani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somphani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Somphani is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Somphani.
How Common Is The Last Name Somphani? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Somphani live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Somphani is also the 6,192,526th most frequently occurring given name internationally It is held by 4 people.
The last name Somphani is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Free State, where 33 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 33 percent reside and Limpopo, where 33 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somphanit | 94 | 123 | / |
| Sompani | 93 | 395 | / |
| Somphanith | 89 | 13 | / |
| Sompangi | 88 | 47 | / |
| Somphane | 88 | 32 | / |
| Samphani | 88 | 24 | / |
| Somphanh | 88 | 12 | / |
| Sompanit | 88 | 5 | / |
| Sonphanit | 82 | 90 | / |
| Sompanish | 82 | 6 | / |
| Samphatni | 82 | 4 | / |
| Sompanich | 82 | 2 | / |
| Sampani | 80 | 1,147 | / |
| Sompane | 80 | 609 | / |
| Somponi | 80 | 28 | / |
| Sompany | 80 | 9 | / |
| Sompana | 80 | 4 | / |
| Chomphanit | 78 | 13 | / |
| Somphone | 75 | 20,483 | / |
| Sampangi | 75 | 9,821 | / |
| Sampanis | 75 | 932 | / |
| Somponis | 75 | 71 | / |
| Sampanni | 75 | 56 | / |
| Samphane | 75 | 40 | / |
| Shompane | 75 | 32 | / |
| Soumpana | 75 | 22 | / |
| Sampanie | 75 | 16 | / |
| Shampani | 75 | 2 | / |
| Samphanh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sonpanit | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shompany | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sompange | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chomphanich | 74 | 1 | / |
| Sanphanit | 71 | 1,829 | / |
| Somphoune | 71 | 13 | / |
| Sampangai | 71 | 8 | / |
| Sonpanich | 71 | 4 | / |
| Samppanni | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sampanich | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sampaangi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shampangi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samppangi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sampanngi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sampaingi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saampangi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shompaine | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sampana | 67 | 4,786 | / |
| Sampane | 67 | 131 | / |
| Champhanit | 67 | 109 | / |
| Samponi | 67 | 82 | / |
| Sonpane | 67 | 10 | / |
| Chonphanit | 67 | 9 | / |
| Soonpanich | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zomponi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sampany | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sanpani | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chomphonoi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chompanich | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chompagnie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schampanis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sompony | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sompona | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Somphani
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