Family name Somoza (Somoza 
) , in the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Somoza is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Nicaragua, where it is quite a common surname, El Salvador, and Guatemala, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Nicaragua, Argentina, and El Salvador. Very seldom, Somoza is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Somoza | Philippines, Nicaragua, Spain, Argentina, El Salvador |
| josé cayetano loazes y somoza Roman Catholic bishop (1711-1769) (b. 1711) |
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| josé somoza Spanish writer, ES (b. 1781) |
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| víctor castro somoza Spanish journalist, ES (b. 1839) |
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| julio somoza Spanish historian (1848-1940), ES (b. 1848) |
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anastasio somoza debayle President of Nicaragua (1967–72, 1974–79), NI (b. 1925) |
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| alfredo somoza Spanish politician, ES (b. 1892) |
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| eugeni montesinos i somoza Spanish association football player (1898-1970), ES (b. 1897) |
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| manuel viturro somoza Spanish diplomat, ES (b. 1904) |
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josé carlos somoza Spanish writer, CU (b. 1959) |
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| ramón rodríguez somoza ES (b. 1899) |
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xosé luís vázquez somoza Spanish writer, ES (b. 1961) |
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| jose r. somoza Nicaraguan military personnel, NI (b. 1914) |
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| manuel guitián somoza ES (b. 1910) |
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| balbina lópez somoza ES (b. 1910) |
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| maría emilia somoza US (b. 1936) |
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