Somanya Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Somanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
India51:153,413,076951,030
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Somanya (29) may also be a first name.

Somanya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Somanya (Marathi: सोमन्या) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Somanya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Somanya reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 29 people.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Abia, where 67 percent reside and Lagos, where 33 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Somanya is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Somanya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Somanya in the Marathi language
सोमन्याsoman'ya44.12
सोमान्याsoman'ya29.41
सोमंयाsomanya17.65
सोमाण्याsomanya5.88
सोमण्याsomanya2.94

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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
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  • 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 Somanya
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