Somalai Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Somalai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Somalai (18) may also be a first name.
Somalai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somalai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Somalai (Marathi: सोमालाई) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somalai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Somalai live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Somalai is also the 2,608,198th most widely held forename on earth It is held by 18 people.
It is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia it is most common in: Maluku, where 83 percent live and Papua, where 17 percent live. Outside of Indonesia Somalai is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 13 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somalai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somalai in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमालाई | somala'i | 50 |
| सोमालई | somala'i | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Somalai
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