Somtseu Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

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

Somtseu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somtseu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2871:188,77220,532
England11:55,718,059489,080

Somtseu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Somtseu occurs most in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Somtseu? popularity and diffusion

Somtseu is the 919,444th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Somtseu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 287 people, or 1 in 188,772. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 49 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 35 percent are found and Gauteng, where 7 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found.

Somtseu Last Name Statistics demography

Somtseu earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.65% less than the national average, earning R 188,568 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Somtsheu935/
Somthseu931/
Somtsu922/
Somtshu8677/
Sontseu862/
Somtcheu8011/
Chomtseu801/
Shomtsea801/
Sontsu774/
Somtsa772/
Somtsi771/
Soumtcheu751/
Somtsai7143/
Somtsis7117/
Shontsu719/
Somcheu713/
Semtsou712/
Samtsui711/
Soimetsä6713/
Somtsayi6713/
Somcu678/
Somze674/
Somtsoyi671/
Semtsouh671/
Sontcheu671/

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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 Somtseu
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