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 surname Somaila (Hindi: सोमैला, Marathi: सोमैला) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somaila? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,312,869th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name Somaila occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Somaila live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Somaila is also the 110,037th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 4,023 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria Somaila is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa, where 33 percent are found, Niger, where 17 percent are found and Yobe, where 14 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Somaila is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 19 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 12 percent are found.
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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