Somaiah Surname
Approximately 4,557 people bear this surname
Somaiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,379 | 1:175,169 | 10,780 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Guyana | 5 | 1:152,444 | 9,017 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Somaiah (31,547) may also be a first name.
Somaiah Demographics
Average Somaiah Salary in
United States
$68,139 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Somaiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somaiah (Marathi: सोमैया) occurs most in India. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somaiah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 103,243rd most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,599,198 people. Somaiah occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Somaiah live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Somaiah is also the 26,831st most frequently held given name at a global level. It is borne by 31,547 people.
The surname is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 4,379 people, or 1 in 175,169. In India Somaiah is most prevalent in: Telangana, where 82 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent live and Karnataka, where 3 percent live. Not including India this surname is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.
Somaiah Last Name Statistics demography
Somaiah earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 57.92% more than the national average, earning $68,139 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somaiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somaiah in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमैया | somaiya | 33.33 |
| सोमाया | somaya | 16.67 |
| सोमैयाह | somaiyaha | 16.67 |
| सोमैयथ | somaiyatha | 16.67 |
| सोमेह | someha | 16.67 |
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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 Somaiah
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