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 found most frequently in Indonesia. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Somalay.
How Common Is The Last Name Somalay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,931,261st most common family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Somalay reside; 61 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 61 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Somalay is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 32 people.
This last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 1,695,502. In Indonesia Somalay is mostly concentrated in: Maluku, where 56 percent are found, West Papua, where 23 percent are found and North Sulawesi, where 17 percent are found. Beside Indonesia Somalay exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent are found and Israel, where 1 percent are found.
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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