Somalinga Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Somalinga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somalinga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India591:13,001,108227,026
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Somalinga (3,170) may also be a first name.

Somalinga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Somalinga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Somalinga (Marathi: सोमलींगा, Oriya: େସାମଲିା) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Somalinga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,511,557th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Somalinga reside; 43 percent reside in South Asia and 43 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Somalinga is also the 127,677th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 3,170 people.

The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 13,001,108. In India it is most common in: Tamil Nadu, where 34 percent are found, Karnataka, where 22 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 12 percent are found. Besides India this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 26 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Somalinga Last Name Statistics demography

Somalinga earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.9% less than the national average, earning $28,089 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Somalinga Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Somalinga in the Oriya language
େସାମଲିାesamalia50
ମାନସmanasa50
Somalinga in the Marathi language
सोमलींगाsomalinga33.33
सोमिंलगाsominlaga33.33
सोमिंलगsominlaga22.22
सोमािंलगाsomainlaga11.11

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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 Somalinga
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