Some Surname
Approximately 182,845 people bear this surname
Some Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 170,109 | 1:108 | 14 |
| India | 3,563 | 1:215,286 | 12,791 |
| Ivory Coast | 2,738 | 1:8,426 | 719 |
| Kenya | 1,395 | 1:33,104 | 3,616 |
| Bangladesh | 1,352 | 1:117,867 | 4,824 |
| Egypt | 854 | 1:107,653 | 8,985 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Mali | 323 | 1:52,536 | 1,331 |
| United States | 257 | 1:1,410,346 | 97,237 |
| Spain | 217 | 1:215,447 | 14,471 |
| Indonesia | 216 | 1:612,265 | 48,529 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Papua New Guinea | 157 | 1:51,935 | 6,528 |
| Tanzania | 155 | 1:341,559 | 25,363 |
| Japan | 52 | 1:2,458,544 | 30,480 |
| Cameroon | 49 | 1:423,859 | 35,946 |
| Canada | 48 | 1:767,616 | 60,775 |
| Senegal | 47 | 1:310,199 | 1,687 |
| France | 43 | 1:1,544,714 | 145,815 |
| Iran | 38 | 1:2,020,593 | 71,790 |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Latvia | 21 | 1:97,621 | 13,922 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Nepal | 8 | 1:3,560,120 | 10,569 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: Somé (150) & Söme (122) are calculated separately.
Some (22,301) may also be a first name.
Some Demographics
Some Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Some Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Some Come From? nationality or country of origin
Some (Arabic: سومه, Bengali: সোম, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻣﻪ, Hindi: सोमे, Marathi: सोमे, Oriya: େସାେମ, Tibetan: སོམ་) occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Somé or Söme. For other possible spellings of Some click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Some? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,083rd most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 39,856 people. Some occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Some reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 34,841st most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 22,301 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 170,109 people, or 1 in 108. In Burkina Faso it is most prevalent in: Sud-Ouest Region, where 80 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 9 percent live and Centre Region, where 5 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso this last name exists in 89 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
Some Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Some has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Some last name grew 1,224 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 371 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Some Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Some surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Some are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% registered with the party.
The amount Some earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.35% less than the national average, earning R 39,564 per year; in United States they earn 43.85% more than the national average, earning $62,068 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.61% more than the national average, earning $51,974 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Some Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Some in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻣﻪ | swmh | - |
| Some in the Tibetan language | ||
| སོམ་ | som | - |
| Some in the Bengali language | ||
| সোম | soma | - |
| Some in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାେମ | esaema | 99.19 |
| Some in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमे | some | 96.91 |
| सोम | soma | 2.06 |
| सोमा | soma | 1.03 |
| Some in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमे | some | 81.73 |
| सोम | soma | 16.35 |
| सोमी | somi | 1.92 |
| Some in the Arabic language | ||
| سومه | swmh | - |
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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 Some
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