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 found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somalai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Somalai is the 5,057,639th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Somalai live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used forename at a global level It is held by 18 people.
It is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia Somalai is most common in: Maluku, where 83 percent reside and Papua, where 17 percent reside. Beside Indonesia Somalai exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 13 percent reside and India, where 7 percent reside.
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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