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 surname Somda (Hindi: सोमदा) occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Somda.
How Common Is The Last Name Somda? popularity and diffusion
The surname Somda is the 10,952nd most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,116 people. The surname Somda occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Somda are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 131,848th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 3,011 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 50,622 people, or 1 in 363. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Sud-Ouest Region, where 72 percent live, Centre-Ouest Region, where 9 percent live and Centre Region, where 8 percent live. Excluding Burkina Faso Somda is found in 29 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 1 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live.
Somda Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Somda has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the 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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