Soumtoura Surname
Approximately 2,601 people bear this surname
Soumtoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,600 | 1:7,058 | 729 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Soumtoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soumtoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soumtoura is carried by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soumtoura? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 166,419th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,801,825 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Soumtoura live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 2,600 people, or 1 in 7,058. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 99 percent reside, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 1 percent reside and Cascades Region, where 0 percent reside. Not including Burkina Faso this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somtoura | 94 | 4 | / |
| Sountoura | 89 | 14,823 | / |
| Soumtoira | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sountourra | 84 | 1 | / |
| Sounthoura | 84 | 1 | / |
| Soumtore | 82 | 3 | / |
| Soumtara | 82 | 2 | / |
| Suntoura | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sountora | 82 | 1 | / |
| Somtore | 75 | 2,724 | / |
| Suntura | 75 | 1,082 | / |
| Suntora | 75 | 14 | / |
| Sontora | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sontura | 75 | 1 | / |
| Somtoré | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sountara | 71 | 183 | / |
| Somthara | 71 | 51 | / |
| Santoura | 71 | 2 | / |
| Somtarah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samtouri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Suntoroa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sumturui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sountoro | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zountora | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sumthara | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shomtara | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shuntora | 71 | 1 | / |
| Somtharap | 67 | 4,213 | / |
| Somtharai | 67 | 76 | / |
| Sounthara | 67 | 9 | / |
| Shantoura | 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 Soumtoura
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