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
The surname Somar (Arabic: صومر, Hindi: सोमर, Marathi: सोमर, Oriya: େସାମାର, Russian: Сомар) is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 41,650th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 581,376 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Somar live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 33,565th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 23,457 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 10,371 people, or 1 in 17,225. In Pakistan Somar is mostly found in: Sindh, where 95 percent live, Balochistan, where 5 percent live and Punjab, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan this last name occurs in 53 countries. It is also found in India, where 5 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.
Somar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Somar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Somar last name grew 1,660 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Somar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Somar surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Somar are 12.29% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 65.52% 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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Footnotes
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