Shomala Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Shomala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Shomala (145) may also be a first name.
Shomala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shomala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shomala (Hindi: शोमला, Marathi: शोमला) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shomala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,979,664th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Shomala is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Shomala live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shomala is also the 766,399th most commonly held given name internationally, held by 145 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 50 percent live and Ogun, where 38 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shomala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shomala in the Hindi language | ||
| शोमला | somala | - |
| Shomala in the Marathi language | ||
| शोमला | somala | 66.67 |
| शोमाला | somala | 33.33 |
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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
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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 Shomala
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