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) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somalai? popularity and diffusion
Somalai is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Somalai occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Somalai are found; 80 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 80 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Somalai is also the 2,608,198th most widespread given name on earth, held by 18 people.
Somalai is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Maluku, where 83 percent are found and Papua, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia Somalai exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 13 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
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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