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Where Does The Last Name Som Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Som (Arabic: صوم, Bengali: সোম, Hindi: सोम, Marathi: सोम, Oriya: େସାମ, Tibetan: སོམ་) is held by more people in Cambodia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Som? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 3,999^th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 51,861 people. Som occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Som live; 51 percent live in Southeast Asia and 47 percent live in Khmer-Asia. Som is also the 5,510^th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 190,248 people.

Som is most prevalent in Cambodia, where it is held by 66,109 people, or 1 in 234. In Cambodia it is mostly found in: Phnom Penh, where 15 percent are found, Svay Rieng Province, where 10 percent are found and Kandal Province, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Cambodia this surname occurs in 102 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent are found.

Som Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Som has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Som surname grew 4,256 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 2,533 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Som Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Som last name are 9.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62.33% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Som earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.6% more than the national average, earning $43,406 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.71% less than the national average, earning $44,858 CAD per year.