Somayu Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Somayu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 80 | 1:882,979 | 139,249 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Somayu (188) may also be a first name.
Somayu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somayu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Somayu (Hindi: सोमायू) is found most frequently in Thailand. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somayu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,047,559th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Somayu reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 95 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 663,277th most common forename at a global level. It is borne by 188 people.
The last name Somayu is most widely held in Thailand, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 882,979. In Thailand Somayu is mostly concentrated in: Samut Songkhram Province, where 48 percent are found, Bangkok, where 26 percent are found and Pathum Thani Province, where 24 percent are found. Apart from Thailand this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somayu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somayu in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमायू | somayu | - |
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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 Somayu
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