Somtou Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Somtou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Somtou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somtou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somtou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Somtou.
How Common Is The Last Name Somtou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Somtou live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 738,257. In Benin Somtou is primarily found in: Donga Department, where 93 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 7 percent live. Not including Benin Somtou exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 21 percent live and Togo, where 17 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 Somtou
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