Somai Surname
Approximately 10,200 people bear this surname
Somai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 7,379 | 1:3,860 | 403 |
| South Africa | 381 | 1:142,199 | 16,324 |
| India | 341 | 1:2,249,459 | 74,333 |
| Romania | 298 | 1:67,375 | 8,092 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Suriname | 211 | 1:2,619 | 399 |
| Netherlands | 202 | 1:83,600 | 13,946 |
| Papua New Guinea | 163 | 1:50,023 | 6,268 |
| United States | 140 | 1:2,588,992 | 156,804 |
| Guyana | 116 | 1:6,571 | 1,108 |
| Tunisia | 95 | 1:6,428 | 1,048 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 89 | 1:15,326 | 1,933 |
| Qatar | 81 | 1:29,111 | 3,031 |
| Mauritius | 66 | 1:19,597 | 4,046 |
| Italy | 54 | 1:1,132,531 | 73,160 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| Thailand | 34 | 1:2,077,598 | 243,257 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Japan | 26 | 1:4,917,088 | 38,984 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
The alternate forms: Somaï (11), Somaî (4) & Şomai (2) are calculated separately.
Somai (17,657) may also be a first name.
Somai Demographics
Average Somai Salary in
United States
$59,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Somai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Somai (Hindi: सोमई, Marathi: सोमई, Oriya: େସାମାଇ) occurs most in Nepal. It can also be found as: Somaï, Somaî or Şomai. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Somai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 50,314th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 714,465 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Somai live; 76 percent live in South Asia and 76 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Somai is also the 41,401st most frequently used forename globally. It is borne by 17,657 people.
The last name Somai is most prevalent in Nepal, where it is held by 7,379 people, or 1 in 3,860. In Nepal Somai is most common in: Lumbini, where 79 percent live, Bheri, where 8 percent live and Gandaki, where 7 percent live. Other than Nepal it occurs in 52 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Somai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Somai surname are 16.21% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 69.44% being registered with the political party.
The amount Somai earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 21.14% more than the national average, earning €36,377 per year; in South Africa they earn 54.98% more than the national average, earning R 368,292 per year; in United States they earn 36.74% more than the national average, earning $59,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.31% more than the national average, earning $53,813 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somai in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାମାଇ | esama'i | 96.15 |
| ସମାଇ | sama'i | 3.85 |
| Somai in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमई | soma'i | 95.7 |
| सोमइ | soma'i | 3.84 |
| सोमाई | soma'i | 0.31 |
| शोमई | soma'i | 0.03 |
| सोमै | somai | 0.03 |
| सोमाी | somai | 0.03 |
| सोमाि | somai | 0.01 |
| सोमाइ | soma'i | 0.01 |
| Somai in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमई | soma'i | 68.86 |
| सोमाई | soma'i | 24.32 |
| सोमै | somai | 1.82 |
| सोमइ | soma'i | 0.91 |
| सोमी | somi | 0.91 |
| सोम | soma | 0.68 |
| सुमई | suma'i | 0.68 |
| सीमाई | sima'i | 0.45 |
| सोमाइ | soma'i | 0.45 |
| सोमाय | somaya | 0.23 |
| सोनई | sona'i | 0.23 |
| सोमेई | some'i | 0.23 |
| सोमयी | somayi | 0.23 |
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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 Somai
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