Somda Surname
Approximately 51,279 people bear this surname
Somda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 50,622 | 1:363 | 52 |
| Thailand | 286 | 1:246,987 | 41,867 |
| Ivory Coast | 192 | 1:120,163 | 5,939 |
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Somda (3,011) may also be a first name.
Somda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somda (Hindi: सोमदा) occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somda? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,952nd most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 142,116 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Somda reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Somda is also the 131,848th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 3,011 people.
Somda is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 50,622 people, or 1 in 363. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Sud-Ouest Region, where 72 percent are found, Centre-Ouest Region, where 9 percent are found and Centre Region, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Burkina Faso this last name is found in 29 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 1 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
Somda Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Somda has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Somda last name rose 367 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somda in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमदा | somada | 93.33 |
| सोमड़ा | somara | 6.67 |
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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 Somda
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