Somal Surname
Approximately 7,189 people bear this surname
Somal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5,243 | 1:146,303 | 9,279 |
| Yemen | 791 | 1:33,407 | 3,079 |
| England | 423 | 1:131,721 | 13,026 |
| Canada | 203 | 1:181,505 | 18,050 |
| Pakistan | 153 | 1:1,167,607 | 14,167 |
| United States | 129 | 1:2,809,759 | 166,838 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Turkey | 11 | 1:7,074,675 | 122,870 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Somal (7,871) may also be a first name.
Somal Demographics
Somal Political Affiliation
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Somal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somal (Arabic: سومل, Hindi: सोमला, Marathi: सोमल, Oriya: େସାମାଲ, Russian: Сомаль) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Somal click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 69,021st most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,013,708 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Somal reside; 75 percent reside in South Asia and 73 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 71,867th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 7,871 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 5,243 people, or 1 in 146,303. In India Somal is most prevalent in: Madhya Pradesh, where 65 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 21 percent reside and Punjab, where 6 percent reside. Other than India it occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 11 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.
Somal Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Somal last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Somal earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 44.71% more than the national average, earning $62,440 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.69% more than the national average, earning $57,975 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somal in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमला | somala | 85.8 |
| सोमल | somala | 12.45 |
| सोमाल | somala | 1.26 |
| सोमाला | somala | 0.29 |
| शोमला | somala | 0.15 |
| शोमल | somala | 0.05 |
| Somal in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमल | somala | 76.85 |
| सोमाल | somala | 9.4 |
| सोमळ | somala | 7.05 |
| सॉमल | somala | 2.68 |
| सोमला | somala | 1.01 |
| सोनल | sonala | 0.34 |
| सोमाळ | somala | 0.34 |
| सोमऴ | somala | 0.34 |
| सोनाल | sonala | 0.34 |
| Somal in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାମାଲ | esamala | 50 |
| େସାମଲ | esamala | 25 |
| ସାମଲ | samala | 12.5 |
| ସମଲ | samala | 12.5 |
| Somal in the Russian language | ||
| Сомаль | somal | - |
| Somal in the Arabic language | ||
| سومل | swml | - |
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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 Somal
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