Somtombo Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Somtombo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Somtombo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa951:570,29244,274
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Somtombo Demographics

Average Somtombo Salary in
South Africa

R 214,872

Per year
Rank:
65,698 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000162906
Rank: 47,055 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
90.42%
Sample size: 19 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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Somtombo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Somtombo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Somtombo is found most in South Africa. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Somtombo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Somtombo? popularity and diffusion

Somtombo is the 1,907,068th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. Somtombo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Somtombo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 570,292. In South Africa Somtombo is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 95 percent reside, Western Cape, where 4 percent reside and Gauteng, where 1 percent reside.

Somtombo Last Name Statistics demography

Somtombo earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 9.58% less than the national average, earning R 214,872 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Somthombo9411/
Samtambo751/
Siantombo7137/
Siamtambo717/
Shemtambo712/
Sianthombo671/
Santomba6317/
Samtamba639/
Shantambo5990/
Siantomba5978/
Siantambo5943/
Santoumba595/
Chamtomba593/
Shontonba591/
Santamba5063/
Zantomba504/
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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 Somtombo
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