Somalay Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Somalay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 78 | 1:1,695,502 | 110,645 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Somalay (32) may also be a first name.
Somalay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somalay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somalay (Hindi: सोमलया, Marathi: सोमालाय) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Somalay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somalay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,931,261st most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 77 percent of Somalay live; 61 percent live in Southeast Asia and 61 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Somalay is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 32 people.
The surname Somalay is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 1,695,502. In Indonesia Somalay is most frequent in: Maluku, where 56 percent live, West Papua, where 23 percent live and North Sulawesi, where 17 percent live. Apart from Indonesia Somalay is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent live and Israel, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somalay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somalay in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमलया | somalaya | - |
| Somalay in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमालाय | somalaya | - |
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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 Somalay
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