Somali Surname
Approximately 7,527 people bear this surname
Somali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,185 | 1:23,309 | 2,960 |
| Saudi Arabia | 994 | 1:31,042 | 4,349 |
| Indonesia | 717 | 1:184,448 | 17,738 |
| Somalia | 441 | 1:30,504 | 1,579 |
| Yemen | 408 | 1:64,768 | 4,723 |
| India | 211 | 1:3,635,381 | 101,965 |
| Turkey | 181 | 1:429,953 | 25,607 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Greece | 29 | 1:382,062 | 51,720 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Zambia | 27 | 1:587,034 | 24,185 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Palestine | 5 | 1:909,770 | 15,190 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Somalí (1) are calculated separately.
Somali (13,635) may also be a first name.
Somali Demographics
Average Somali Salary in
United States
$67,719 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Somali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somali Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Somali (Arabic: صومالي, Bengali: সোমালী, Georgian: სომალი, Hindi: सोमली, Marathi: सोमली, Oriya: େସାମାଲି) is most common in Ethiopia. It can be found as: Somalí. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somali? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 66,229th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 968,187 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Somali live; 62 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 49,584th most widely held forename at a global level It is held by 13,635 people.
The surname Somali is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4,185 people, or 1 in 23,309. Apart from Ethiopia this last name occurs in 45 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent are found and Indonesia, where 10 percent are found.
Somali Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Somali earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.93% less than the national average, earning R 90,480 per year and in United States they earn 56.94% more than the national average, earning $67,719 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somali Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somali in the Georgian language | ||
| სომალი | somali | - |
| Somali in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमली | somali | 96.1 |
| सोमाली | somali | 3.73 |
| होमकी | homaki | 0.04 |
| सामणी | samani | 0.04 |
| सौमली | saumali | 0.04 |
| सोमअली | soma'ali | 0.04 |
| Somali in the Bengali language | ||
| সোমালী | somali | 92.59 |
| সোমালি | somali | 7.41 |
| Somali in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमली | somali | 75.79 |
| सोमाली | somali | 16.71 |
| सोनाली | sonali | 1.94 |
| सोमळी | somali | 1.21 |
| सोमाळी | somali | 0.97 |
| सोमला | somala | 0.48 |
| सोमानी | somani | 0.48 |
| सोमाजी | somaji | 0.24 |
| मालाजी | malaji | 0.24 |
| मालजी | malaji | 0.24 |
| सोनल | sonala | 0.24 |
| सोमाय | somaya | 0.24 |
| सेमाली | semali | 0.24 |
| सोमलाल | somalala | 0.24 |
| सुमाली | sumali | 0.24 |
| Somali in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାମାଲି | esamali | 70 |
| େସାମାଲୀ | esamali | 10 |
| େସାମଲି | esamali | 8.57 |
| େସାମଲୀ | esamali | 2.86 |
| େଶାମଳୀ | esamali | 2.86 |
| େଷାମାଲି | esamali | 1.43 |
| େସାମଳି | esamali | 1.43 |
| େଶାମାଲି | esamali | 1.43 |
| େସାନାଲି | esanali | 1.43 |
| Somali in the Arabic language | ||
| صومالي | swmaly | - |
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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 Somali
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