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

The surname Soma (Arabic: سوما, Bengali: সোমা, Georgian: სომა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻣﺎ, Hindi: सोमा, Marathi: सोमा, Oriya: େସାମା, Russian: Сьома, Tibetan: སོ་མ་) is found most in Japan. It can appear as: Šoma, Somà or Somá. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 3,968^th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 51,554 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 62 percent of Soma reside; 33 percent reside in East Asia and 33 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,420^th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 684,756 people.

The last name is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 47,163 people, or 1 in 2,711. In Japan Soma is most common in: Aomori Prefecture, where 14 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 11 percent reside and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 10 percent reside. Not including Japan this surname exists in 119 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent reside and India, where 13 percent reside.

Soma Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Soma has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Soma surname expanded 22,850 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 6,533 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Soma Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Maronite (88%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Soma last name are 1.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.32% registered with the political party.

The amount Soma earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 5.07% more than the national average, earning 363,619 kr per year; in Peru they earn 6.08% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,563 per year; in South Africa they earn 12.15% more than the national average, earning R 266,508 per year; in United States they earn 11.64% more than the national average, earning $48,172 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.48% less than the national average, earning $48,947 CAD per year.