Somala Surname
Approximately 3,172 people bear this surname
Somala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,659 | 1:288,479 | 16,347 |
| Indonesia | 318 | 1:415,878 | 35,049 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Ivory Coast | 38 | 1:607,138 | 17,958 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Somala (5,533) may also be a first name.
Somala Demographics
Average Somala Salary in
United States
$66,982 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Somala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Somala (Bengali: সোমলা, Hindi: सोमला, Marathi: सोमला, Oriya: େସାମଲା, Russian: Сомала) is found most in India. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 140,664th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,297,461 people. The last name Somala is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Somala live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 90,199th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 5,533 people.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is held by 2,659 people, or 1 in 288,479. In India it is mostly found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 89 percent live, Telangana, where 7 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 1 percent live. Barring India this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Somala Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Somala earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.86% less than the national average, earning R 123,900 per year and in United States they earn 55.23% more than the national average, earning $66,982 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somala in the Bengali language | ||
| সোমলা | somala | - |
| Somala in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमला | somala | 98.16 |
| सोमाला | somala | 1.47 |
| Somala in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमला | somala | 98.13 |
| सोमाला | somala | 0.85 |
| सोमळा | somala | 0.5 |
| जसोमला | jasomala | 0.14 |
| सोमल | somala | 0.11 |
| मालवे | malave | 0.06 |
| सोमलु | somalu | 0.03 |
| सोनाला | sonala | 0.03 |
| सोमळी | somali | 0.03 |
| सोमळ | somala | 0.03 |
| सोमन | somana | 0.03 |
| सोमालाल | somalala | 0.03 |
| Somala in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାମଲା | esamala | 68.18 |
| େସାମାଲା | esamala | 22.73 |
| େସାମଳା | esamala | 4.55 |
| େଶାମଲା | esamala | 4.55 |
| Somala in the Russian language | ||
| Сомала | somala | - |
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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 Somala
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