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 found most frequently in India. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somayi? popularity and diffusion
Somayi is the 933,049th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 52 percent of Somayi reside; 51 percent reside in South Asia and 31 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,467,136th most common first name in the world It is held by 47 people.
The surname Somayi is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 8,716,652. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Karnataka, where 51 percent reside, Telangana, where 40 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 8 percent reside. Besides India this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 26 percent reside and The Congo, where 20 percent reside.
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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