Somtoura Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Somtoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Somtoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somtoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somtoura is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somtoura? popularity and diffusion
Somtoura is the 8,968,613th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Somtoura is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Somtoura reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Mande Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,117,367. In Burkina Faso it is primarily found in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 67 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 33 percent live. Excluding Burkina Faso Somtoura exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soumtoura | 94 | 2,601 | / |
| Sountoura | 82 | 14,823 | / |
| Soumtoira | 82 | 1 | / |
| Somtore | 80 | 2,724 | / |
| Sontora | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sontura | 80 | 1 | / |
| Somtoré | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sountourra | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sounthoura | 78 | 1 | / |
| Somthara | 75 | 51 | / |
| Soumtore | 75 | 3 | / |
| Santoura | 75 | 2 | / |
| Soumtara | 75 | 2 | / |
| Shomtara | 75 | 1 | / |
| Somtarah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Samtouri | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sountora | 75 | 1 | / |
| Somtharap | 71 | 4,213 | / |
| Somtharai | 71 | 76 | / |
| Shantoura | 71 | 1 | / |
| Santora | 67 | 3,692 | / |
| Sontara | 67 | 210 | / |
| Santura | 67 | 110 | / |
| Samturi | 67 | 18 | / |
| Samtoro | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sontoro | 67 | 7 | / |
| Samtara | 67 | 5 | / |
| Samtore | 67 | 3 | / |
| Comtara | 67 | 1 | / |
| Semtara | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samtory | 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 Somtoura
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