Somalu Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Somalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 127 | 1:6,039,885 | 141,381 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Somalu (1,785) may also be a first name.
Somalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somalu (Hindi: सोमलू, Marathi: सोमलू, Oriya: େସାମାଲୁ) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somalu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,348,199th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Somalu are found; 77 percent are found in South Asia and 77 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 181,069th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,785 people.
The last name Somalu is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 6,039,885. In India Somalu is primarily concentrated in: Odisha, where 38 percent reside, Chhattisgarh, where 31 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 27 percent reside. Without taking into account India Somalu is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 14 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somalu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somalu in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमलू | somalu | 83.43 |
| सोमालू | somalu | 4.57 |
| सोमलु | somalu | 2.86 |
| सोमालु | somalu | 2.86 |
| सोमळु | somalu | 2.86 |
| सोमळू | somalu | 2.29 |
| सोमाळू | somalu | 0.57 |
| सोमनु | somanu | 0.57 |
| Somalu in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमलू | somalu | 83.33 |
| सोमलु | somalu | 16.67 |
| Somalu in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାମାଲୁ | esamalu | 71.15 |
| େସାମଲୁ | esamalu | 23.08 |
| ନିମାଲୁ | nimalu | 1.92 |
| େସାମଳୁ | esamalu | 1.92 |
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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 Somalu
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