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 last name Somala (Bengali: সোমলা, Hindi: सोमला, Marathi: सोमला, Oriya: େସାମଲା, Russian: Сомала) is found most in India. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Somala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 140,664th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,297,461 people. Somala is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Somala are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Somala is also the 90,199th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 5,533 people.
The last name Somala is most common in India, where it is held by 2,659 people, or 1 in 288,479. In India it is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 89 percent are found, Telangana, where 7 percent are found and Madhya Pradesh, where 1 percent are found. Outside of India this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 10 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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