Somayi Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Somayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 88 | 1:8,716,652 | 177,764 |
| South Africa | 74 | 1:732,131 | 51,520 |
| Congo | 57 | 1:87,528 | 7,379 |
| Iran | 55 | 1:1,396,046 | 56,996 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Somayi (47) may also be a first name.
Somayi Demographics
Average Somayi Salary in
South Africa
R 255,192
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Somayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Somayi (Bengali: সোমায়ী, Hindi: सोमई, Marathi: सोमयी, Oriya: େସାମାୟୀ) is most common in India. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 933,049th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. Somayi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 52 percent of Somayi live; 51 percent live in South Asia and 31 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 47 people.
It is most widely held in India, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 8,716,652. In India Somayi is mostly found in: Karnataka, where 51 percent live, Telangana, where 40 percent live and Maharashtra, where 8 percent live. Not including India Somayi occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 26 percent live and The Congo, where 20 percent live.
Somayi Last Name Statistics demography
Somayi earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 7.39% more than the national average, earning R 255,192 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somayi in the Bengali language | ||
| সোমায়ী | somayi | - |
| Somayi in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାମାୟୀ | esamayi | - |
| Somayi in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमयी | somayi | 66.67 |
| सोमायी | somayi | 33.33 |
| Somayi in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमई | soma'i | 50 |
| सोमायी | somayi | 50 |
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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 Somayi
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