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 last name Somphani is found most in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somphani? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Somphani are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Somphani is also the 6,192,526th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 4 people.
This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Free State, where 33 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 33 percent are found and Limpopo, where 33 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 25 percent are found.
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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