Somar Surname
Approximately 12,535 people bear this surname
Somar Surname User-submission:
The Somar surname means 'people who came over the mountains'.
Family emigrated from Prussia early in 14th century. Due to the migration to Bern, Switzerland or Munich, Germany the surname changed to Sommer.
Somar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 10,371 | 1:17,225 | 1,057 |
| India | 660 | 1:1,162,220 | 47,065 |
| Indonesia | 555 | 1:238,287 | 21,960 |
| United States | 166 | 1:2,183,488 | 137,532 |
| Ukraine | 140 | 1:325,162 | 40,914 |
| Turkey | 119 | 1:653,962 | 34,245 |
| Guyana | 85 | 1:8,967 | 1,413 |
| Suriname | 64 | 1:8,635 | 2,172 |
| Mauritius | 47 | 1:27,520 | 5,467 |
| South Africa | 44 | 1:1,231,311 | 69,478 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 36 | 1:37,888 | 3,656 |
| Netherlands | 33 | 1:511,733 | 48,115 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Uruguay | 14 | 1:245,126 | 18,218 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Somar (23,457) may also be a first name.
Somar Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Somar surname means 'people who came over the mountains'.
Family emigrated from Prussia early in 14th century. Due to the migration to Bern, Switzerland or Munich, Germany the surname changed to Sommer.
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Somar Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Somar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somar (Arabic: صومر, Hindi: सोमर, Marathi: सोमर, Oriya: େସାମାର, Russian: Сомар) occurs most in Pakistan. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Somar is the 41,650th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 581,376 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Somar reside; 88 percent reside in South Asia and 83 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 33,565th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 23,457 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 10,371 people, or 1 in 17,225. In Pakistan Somar is mostly concentrated in: Sindh, where 95 percent are found, Balochistan, where 5 percent are found and Punjab, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Pakistan this last name exists in 53 countries. It is also found in India, where 5 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
Somar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Somar has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,660 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Somar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Somar surname are 12.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 65.52% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Somar earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 21.53% more than the national average, earning R 288,792 per year; in United States they earn 6.66% more than the national average, earning $46,021 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.4% less than the national average, earning $49,486 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somar in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमर | somara | 64.76 |
| सोमार | somara | 32.16 |
| सोमाऱ | somara | 0.44 |
| शोमारा | somara | 0.44 |
| शोमरा | somara | 0.44 |
| सोमा | soma | 0.44 |
| सोमारू | somaru | 0.44 |
| सोमरा | somara | 0.44 |
| सोमारु | somaru | 0.44 |
| Somar in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାମାର | esamara | 50 |
| େସାମର | esamara | 50 |
| Somar in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमर | somara | 46.99 |
| सोमार | somara | 44.58 |
| सोनार | sonara | 2.41 |
| सोमऱ | somara | 1.2 |
| सोमारू | somaru | 0.6 |
| सोमा | soma | 0.6 |
| सोपार | sopara | 0.6 |
| Somar in the Russian language | ||
| Сомар | somar | - |
| Somar in the Arabic language | ||
| صومر | swmr | - |
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