Somana Surname
Approximately 3,711 people bear this surname
Somana Surname User-submission:
The Somana surname is from an Arabic descent. It derives from the word som, which in Arabic refers towards fasting. So the bearer of the surname Somana is known as the person who fasts, which means that the person is patient.
Somana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,322 | 1:40,982 | 5,255 |
| India | 1,301 | 1:589,597 | 28,570 |
| Thailand | 381 | 1:185,402 | 30,406 |
| Indonesia | 271 | 1:488,004 | 40,078 |
| Venezuela | 95 | 1:317,938 | 7,174 |
| France | 77 | 1:862,633 | 101,453 |
| Niger | 56 | 1:342,715 | 9,958 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Burkina Faso | 22 | 1:834,186 | 9,118 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Somana (4,174) may also be a first name.
Somana Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Somana surname is from an Arabic descent. It derives from the word som, which in Arabic refers towards fasting. So the bearer of the surname Somana is known as the person who fasts, which means that the person is patient.
- somaiSomana Demographics
Average Somana Salary in
United States
$56,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Somana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somana (Arabic: صوماني, Bengali: সোমনা, Hindi: सोमना, Marathi: सोमना, Oriya: େସାମନା) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 123,084th most prevalent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,963,769 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 53 percent of Somana reside; 36 percent reside in Southern Africa and 36 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 107,448th most widely held first name in the world, held by 4,174 people.
Somana is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 1,322 people, or 1 in 40,982. In South Africa Somana is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 55 percent live, Western Cape, where 20 percent live and Gauteng, where 11 percent live. Excluding South Africa Somana exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in India, where 35 percent live and Thailand, where 10 percent live.
Somana Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Somana earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 33.4% less than the national average, earning R 158,268 per year; in Colombia they earn 40.86% less than the national average, earning $13,426,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 30.65% more than the national average, earning $56,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somana in the Bengali language | ||
| সোমনা | somana | 76.92 |
| সুমনা | sumana | 23.08 |
| Somana in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାମନା | esamana | 75 |
| େସାମାନା | esamana | 12.5 |
| େଶାମନା | esamana | 4.17 |
| ଗୁୁେସାମାନା | guuesamana | 4.17 |
| େସାମନ | esamana | 4.17 |
| Somana in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमना | somana | 72.92 |
| सोमाना | somana | 23.96 |
| सोमाणा | somana | 1.04 |
| सोमन | somana | 1.04 |
| सोभना | sobhana | 1.04 |
| Somana in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमना | somana | 37.74 |
| सोमाणा | somana | 24.53 |
| सोमाना | somana | 21.64 |
| सोमणा | somana | 13.59 |
| शंकर | sankara | 0.23 |
| सोमण्णा | somanna | 0.15 |
| सनदी | sanadi | 0.15 |
| सोनट | sonata | 0.15 |
| सुमन | sumana | 0.08 |
| सोमनाा | somanaa | 0.08 |
| सानप | sanapa | 0.08 |
| सोमण | somana | 0.08 |
| सोमवा | somava | 0.08 |
| शांतपा | santapa | 0.08 |
| सोमन | somana | 0.08 |
| सोमला | somala | 0.08 |
| Somana in the Arabic language | ||
| صوماني | swmany | - |
| صومنا | swmna | - |
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