Somau Surname
Approximately 372 people bear this surname
Somau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 341 | 1:387,828 | 33,045 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Somau (108) may also be a first name.
Somau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somau (Hindi: सोमाऊ, Marathi: सोमाऊ) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Somau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 766,190th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 19,590,177 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Somau live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 904,892nd most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 108 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 341 people, or 1 in 387,828. In Indonesia Somau is most common in: Papua, where 100 percent live. Excluding Indonesia Somau exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live and Nepal, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somau in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमाऊ | soma'u | 80 |
| सोमाउ | soma'u | 20 |
| Somau in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमाऊ | soma'u | 61.54 |
| सोमाउ | soma'u | 23.08 |
| सोमऊ | soma'u | 7.69 |
| सोमौ | somau | 7.69 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Somau
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