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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somaila? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,312,869th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Somaila reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 110,037th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 4,023 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria Somaila is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 33 percent live, Niger, where 17 percent live and Yobe, where 14 percent live. Beside Nigeria Somaila occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 19 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 12 percent live.
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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