Soumta Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Soumta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Soumta (84) may also be a first name.
Soumta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soumta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soumta is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soumta? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,185,033rd most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Soumta is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Soumta live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Chadic Africa. Soumta is also the 1,046,220th most frequently held forename internationally, held by 84 people.
The surname Soumta is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 95 percent live and North Region, where 5 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 3 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 Soumta
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