Somaya Surname
Approximately 4,654 people bear this surname
Somaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 3,334 | 1:47,797 | 2,658 |
| India | 638 | 1:1,202,297 | 48,246 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| United Arab Emirates | 96 | 1:95,440 | 8,441 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| Philippines | 31 | 1:3,265,749 | 145,701 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Somaya (60,238) may also be a first name.
Somaya Demographics
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Somaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somaya (Bengali: সোমায়া, Hindi: सोमाया, Marathi: सोमया, Oriya: େସାମାୟା, Russian: Сомая) has its highest incidence in Bangladesh. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Somaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Somaya is the 101,474th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,565,867 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Somaya live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 72 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Somaya is also the 15,807th most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 60,238 people.
The surname Somaya is most commonly held in Bangladesh, where it is held by 3,334 people, or 1 in 47,797. Without taking into account Bangladesh this surname is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent are found and Egypt, where 6 percent are found.
Somaya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Somaya surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.
Somaya earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 72.08% more than the national average, earning $74,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somaya in the Bengali language | ||
| সোমায়া | somaya | - |
| Somaya in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमया | somaya | 83.22 |
| सोम | soma | 5.91 |
| सोमाया | somaya | 5.37 |
| सोमैया | somaiya | 1.61 |
| सौमया | saumaya | 1.21 |
| मोमाया | momaya | 0.27 |
| सोमा-या | soma-ya | 0.13 |
| सांबया | sambaya | 0.13 |
| केसोमया | kesomaya | 0.13 |
| सोमा-य | soma-ya | 0.13 |
| समया | samaya | 0.13 |
| Somaya in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାମାୟା | esamaya | 80.18 |
| େସାମାୟ | esamaya | 5.41 |
| େସାମୟା | esamaya | 5.41 |
| େଶାମାୟା | esamaya | 0.9 |
| େସାମୟ | esamaya | 0.9 |
| େସାେମୟା | esaemaya | 0.9 |
| ସେମୟା | semaya | 0.9 |
| େସାେମାୟା | esaemaya | 0.9 |
| ସମାୟା | samaya | 0.9 |
| େଶାମୟା | esamaya | 0.9 |
| ସମାୟ | samaya | 0.9 |
| Somaya in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमाया | somaya | 64.71 |
| सोमया | somaya | 23.53 |
| सौम्या | saumya | 5.88 |
| सोमय | somaya | 1.96 |
| सौम्य | saumya | 1.96 |
| सोमाय | somaya | 1.96 |
| Somaya in the Russian language | ||
| Сомая | somaa | - |
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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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- 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 Somaya
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