Somuah Surname

51,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,934 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Somuah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somuah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana9,6291:2,806441
United States1981:1,830,601119,637
England411:1,358,97760,528
India201:38,353,269431,471
Netherlands171:993,36365,241
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737

Somuah (397) may also be a first name.

Somuah Last Name Facts

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

Somuah is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Somuah.

How Common Is The Last Name Somuah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 51,594th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 733,596 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Somuah live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Somuah is also the 433,463rd most common first name worldwide, held by 397 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 9,629 people, or 1 in 2,806. Not including Ghana this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Somuah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Somuah surname are 7.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.55% registered with the political party.

The amount Somuah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 53.16% less than the national average, earning R 111,300 per year and in United States they earn 5.02% more than the national average, earning $45,314 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Somouah922/
Samuah83187/
Somoua8310/
Somgoua7723/
Shamuah7720/
Somuyia772/
Semouah771/
Somuhoy771/
Shamuaha7133/
Soumouoh715/
Shomuyia715/
Shomuiya714/
Samoua6794/
Samuha6717/
Semuha678/
Comeua675/
Semoua672/
Samaua671/
Samuho671/

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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 Somuah
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