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
The last name Somtoura is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somtoura? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Somtoura reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Mande Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 6,117,367. In Burkina Faso Somtoura is primarily concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 67 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 33 percent reside. Beside Burkina Faso this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent reside.
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
- 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 Somtoura
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