Somaila Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Somaila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Somaila (4,023) may also be a first name.
Somaila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somaila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somaila (Hindi: सोमैला, Marathi: सोमैला) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somaila? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,312,869th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name Somaila is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Somaila reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Somaila is also the 110,037th most commonly used given name world-wide, held by 4,023 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 33 percent reside, Niger, where 17 percent reside and Yobe, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 19 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somaila Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somaila in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमैला | somaila | 71.43 |
| सोमाइला | soma'ila | 21.43 |
| सोमाईला | soma'ila | 7.14 |
| Somaila in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमैला | somaila | 50 |
| सोमैया | somaiya | 50 |
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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 Somaila
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