Somb Surname

653,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 462 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Somb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1741:46,8605,817
Cameroon1321:157,34117,155
Taiwan1141:205,6561,765
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Somb (76) may also be a first name.

Somb Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Somb Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Somb (Hindi: सोमब) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Somb.

How Common Is The Last Name Somb? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 653,013th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 15,773,909 people. The last name Somb occurs mostly in Oceania, where 38 percent of Somb reside; 38 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 38 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Somb is also the 1,107,702nd most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 76 people.

It is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 46,860. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Southern Highlands, where 68 percent are found, Central, where 19 percent are found and East Sepik, where 12 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 29 percent are found and Taiwan, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sombs8915/
Shomb893/
Sombt891/
Schomb800/
Samb7585,385/
Semb751,220/
Somp751,065/
Comb75793/
Sumb75496/
Sonb7529/
Jomb7521/
Zomb7520/
Somw7511/
Somv757/
Somf752/
Schombs73111/
Sombowa734/
Tjomb67721/
Sompe67209/
Sambs67171/
Sambh67144/
Sumbh6783/
Coomb6746/
Somph6736/
Somps6730/
Shamb6730/
Somfe6727/
Sumbs6726/
Siamb6715/
Scomp6711/
Giomb6710/
Sionb676/
Sambt674/
Siemb674/
Shonb673/
Sanmb673/
Zoumb673/
Djomb673/
Sounb672/
Shumb672/
Soonb671/
Saumb671/
Sammb671/
Jommb671/
Zhomb671/
Soemp671/
Shomp671/
Shemb671/
Sembh671/
Sehmb671/
Juomb671/
Seemb671/
Sambd671/
Chomb671/
Sambp671/
Sambz671/
Zombd671/
Joumb671/
Siumb670/
Zombs670/
Sompt670/

Somb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Somb in the Hindi language
सोमबsomaba-

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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
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  • 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 Somb
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