Somars Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Somars Surname Definition:

Ó Somacháin The English name Somers has now almost entirely superseded the older form. IF 307*; Map Sligo

Somars Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Somars Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Ó Somacháin The English name Somers has now almost entirely superseded the older form. IF 307*; Map Sligo

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Somars Last Name Facts

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

Somars (Marathi: सोमर, Russian: Сомарс) is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Somars? popularity and diffusion

The surname Somars is the 6,063,924th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Somars is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Somars are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is mostly concentrated in: West Midlands, where 100 percent reside. Aside from England Somars occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Canada, where 10 percent reside.

Somars Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Somars has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Somars surname grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Somars Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Somars last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sommars92219/
Soumars928/
Sommarås861/
Somers8334,709/
Samars83232/
Comars839/
Sumars834/
Semars832/
Sémars831/
Somors830/
Soutmarsh801/
Sommers7719,427/
Soomers77317/
Soemers77121/
Summars77113/
Shomers7776/
Sohmers7750/
Sammars7734/
Comarsh7732/
Shamars7712/
Sumarse7712/
Samarsh774/
Samarse773/
Sommors771/
Samarst771/
Soumers770/
Someers770/
Comears770/
Schomers71235/
Somhorst71225/
Soummers7133/
Schumars718/
Shahmars711/
Shamarsh711/
Shsamars711/
Sommoers711/
Schamars711/
Commarsh710/
Commajrs710/
Sommmers710/
Zomers67421/
Schommers67392/
Samers67128/
Samors6727/
Semers674/
Zemars673/
Camars672/
Jamars671/
Sathmarsh670/
Sumors670/
Sattmarsh670/
Comors670/

Somars Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Somars in the Marathi language
सोमरsomara-
Somars in the Russian language
Сомарсsomars-

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