Somah Surname
Approximately 4,026 people bear this surname
Somah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 3,478 | 1:1,268 | 174 |
| Mauritius | 168 | 1:7,699 | 1,626 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Indonesia | 111 | 1:1,191,434 | 84,297 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Somah (2,244) may also be a first name.
Somah Demographics
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Somah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somah (Hindi: सोमहा, Marathi: सोमाह) occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 114,789th most numerous family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,810,121 people. The last name Somah occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Somah live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Somah is also the 157,712th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 2,244 people.
It is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 3,478 people, or 1 in 1,268. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 42 percent live, Grand Bassa County, where 32 percent live and Rivercess County, where 8 percent live. Not including Liberia Somah exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 4 percent live and Egypt, where 4 percent live.
Somah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Somah surname are 31.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.78% being registered to vote for the political party.
Somah earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.42% more than the national average, earning $44,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somah in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमहा | somaha | - |
| Somah in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमाह | somaha | 88.89 |
| सोमह | somaha | 11.11 |
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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 Somah
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