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 Political Affiliation
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Some Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Some Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Some (Arabic: سومه, Bengali: সোম, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻣﻪ, Hindi: सोमे, Marathi: सोमे, Oriya: େସାେମ, Tibetan: སོམ་) is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Somé or Söme. Click here for other potential spellings of Some.
How Common Is The Last Name Some? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,083rd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 39,856 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Some live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Some is also the 34,841st most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 22,301 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 170,109 people, or 1 in 108. In Burkina Faso Some is mostly concentrated in: Sud-Ouest Region, where 80 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 9 percent live and Centre Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Burkina Faso this surname occurs 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 frequency of Some has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Some last name rose 1,224 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 371 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Some Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Some last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered with the political 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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