Somdyala Surname

497,277th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 663 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Somdyala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somdyala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6611:81,96310,112
England21:27,859,030389,889

Somdyala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Somdyala is most common in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Somdyala? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 497,277th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 10,991,774 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Somdyala reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Somdyala is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 661 people, or 1 in 81,963. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 70 percent reside, Western Cape, where 15 percent reside and Gauteng, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside.

Somdyala Last Name Statistics demography

Somdyala earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.75% less than the national average, earning R 159,816 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sondyala8810/
Somdjala8810/
Somdyali886/
Sandyala7571/
Jamdyala7515/
Sandhyala7182/
Jamdhyala715/
Sandiala63174/
Sangyala631/
Sandjala631/
Shandyalo5926/
Chandyala5918/
Shandjala591/
Chandhyala568/
Sangyalaay561/
Chanddyala561/
Sandjalo5017/
Sangyalo509/
Sandialo501/

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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 Somdyala
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