Som Forename

5,510th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 190,248 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Laos

Som Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Som Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India
89%
 
101,6171:11,9551,644
Thailand
54%
 
48,1831:1,454251
Laos-22,5201:292122
Malaysia
 
75%
6,1731:4,933561
Cambodia
78%
 
2,7061:6,014899
Bhutan
50%
 
1,9331:42772
Vietnam
75%
 
1,3771:67,264831
United States
79%
 
1,0301:351,97810,414
Ivory Coast
66%
 
9941:23,2152,038
Taiwan
100%
6731:35,3195,817
Egypt
 
80%
4551:201,9807,440
Qatar
100%
3581:6,6191,079
Papua New Guinea
76%
 
3211:25,3972,515
Saudi Arabia-2911:105,88510,050
South Korea
100%
2391:23,1982,100
Indonesia-2221:1,161,99969,170
England
85%
 
1551:358,7298,557
Canada
100%
1491:222,3728,110
Nepal
100%
1171:243,4829,626
Russia
95%
 
991:1,456,90610,975
United Arab Emirates-681:105,1768,303
Burkina Faso
 
65%
591:311,51612,204
Kuwait-571:66,4085,422
Portugal-551:189,2884,092
Pakistan
100%
491:3,966,48341,457
Cameroon
 
77%
461:469,79415,475
Kazakhstan
100%
321:554,5897,795
Australia-321:426,8017,298
Iraq
100%
291:1,207,5129,085
Brazil
50%
 
261:8,239,852108,951
Nigeria
95%
 
231:7,720,190100,438
New Zealand-181:252,0027,674
Belgium
50%
 
111:1,044,54912,446
Sweden
 
78%
91:1,095,32321,139
China-91:151,783,97666,907
Singapore-81:785,88213,409
Germany
84%
 
71:13,811,12541,547
Norway
100%
51:1,026,46614,100
Afghanistan
67%
 
41:8,155,87935,337
South Sudan
100%
41:2,887,7551,822
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
Bangladesh-41:39,865,34224,379
Belarus
75%
 
41:2,370,5969,928
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
France-31:22,156,78046,973
Spain-31:15,509,98821,126
Mauritius-31:432,5957,262
Scotland-31:1,783,45514,297
Chile-31:5,869,06926,159
Denmark-31:1,883,16617,701
Hong Kong-31:2,584,24211,307
Oman-21:2,054,3348,531
Benin-21:5,287,92261,990
Finland
67%
 
21:2,741,59219,235
Netherlands
50%
 
21:8,451,04232,813
South Africa
100%
21:27,266,324304,698
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Jordan
100%
21:4,413,3878,826
Brunei-21:209,7852,478
Turkey
50%
 
21:38,900,85464,839
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Sudan-11:37,806,97510,689
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604
Lebanon-11:5,627,57119,299
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Italy
87%
 
11:61,062,09083,289
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Armenia
100%
11:2,918,75314,910
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Maldives-11:433,9035,827
Mali-11:16,977,7558,714
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Philippines
100%
11:106,009,477690,015
Poland
100%
11:38,027,1129,241

The alternate forms: Sôm (1) are calculated separately.

Som (140,522) may also be a surname.

Som Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sôm891/
Soem8624,414/
Some8622,301/
Soim865,024/
Somn862,107/
Shom862,035/
Somd861,763/
Soom861,181/
Soum86301/
Soym86280/
Siom86152/
Sohm8666/
Suom8634/
Sotm8633/
Somm8633/
Somt8628/
Ssom8614/
Somg8613/
Somh8612/
Scom864/
Hsom864/
Sosm863/
Jsom862/
Sjom862/
Sgom862/
Zsom862/
Sojm861/
Shome752,745/
Soume752,189/
Soomn75853/
Shoim75754/
Somme75731/
Sotim75221/
Shomn75165/
Siome75129/
Sohum75106/
Sosim7544/
Sotem7534/
Soime7527/
Soome7526/
Somne7526/
Sotme7526/
Sosem7524/
Shoom7524/
Somnt7516/
Siomn7515/
Shoem7510/
Shoum759/
Socim755/
Shoym755/
Suomg754/
Soumn753/
Sosme753/
Shomm753/
Socem752/
Shohm752/
Shomt752/
Soomm752/
Sojme752/
Somkh752/
Sscom751/
Ssoum751/
Soyme751/
Shsom751/
Shuom751/
Soemh751/
Soemm751/
Soihm751/
Sottm751/
Sommd751/
Somdt751/
Sootm751/
Soomk751/
Scoom751/
Zsome751/
Hsoom751/
Jsome751/
Jscom751/
Shomg751/
Somnh751/
Somnk751/
Sommm751/
Siomg751/
Soumh751/
Sotym751/
Sam671,212,556/
Son671,082,641/
Sem6738,125/
Sum6730,148/
São673,576/
Jom672,667/
Com671,099/
Xom67894/
Zom67239/
Sochim6767/
Sochem6721/
Soumme6717/
Soitim6716/
Soomnt678/
Shohum677/
Soheem677/
Hjsoim674/
Hjsome674/
Somgue674/
Somova674/
Soutim673/
Sottim673/
Somdtt673/
Shoime673/
Somowa673/
Siomne672/
Hshome672/
Siocem672/
Siosim672/
Soumne672/
Shotim672/
Sàm672/
Sám672/
Sossim672/
Suaomo672/
Soimeh671/
Soutem671/
Soutme671/
Sãm671/
Shosim671/
Shoume671/
Shoome671/
Shomme671/
Shocem671/
Sohsim671/
Souhme671/
Sossem671/
Sothme671/
Siomme671/
Schjom671/
Schoom671/
Shosme671/
Soosim671/

Som Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Som in the Russian language
Сомsom-

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • 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 Som