de Som Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

de Som Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Som Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India241:31,961,058386,265
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150

de Som Last Name Facts

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

de Som occurs most in India. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Som? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Som is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of de Som live; 92 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 31,961,058. In India it is most numerous in: West Bengal, where 71 percent are found and Tripura, where 29 percent are found. Beside India de Som exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Some924/
de Somme863/
de Shome861/
de São8323/
de Sam8317/
de Son836/
da Som833/
de Sem832/
de Com831/
de Sion7750/
de Shon7729/
da Some7712/
de Song776/
de Syon774/
de Siam771/
de Sson771/
de Sham770/
de Shong71158/
de Seume7113/
de Sonne7112/
de Schon713/
de Saume711/
de Shone711/
de San672,086/
de Sen67223/
de Zam675/
de Zon672/
da Sam672/
da Com671/
de Schone671/
de Cam670/
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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 de Som
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