Somei Surname
Approximately 1,737 people bear this surname
Somei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,674 | 1:76,371 | 5,230 |
| Tanzania | 33 | 1:1,604,291 | 47,186 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Somei (2,500) may also be a first name.
Somei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somei (Hindi: सोमेई) is found most frequently in Japan. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 232,426th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,195,478 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Somei are found; 96 percent are found in East Asia and 96 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 147,632nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 2,500 people.
The surname is most widespread in Japan, where it is carried by 1,674 people, or 1 in 76,371. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Chiba Prefecture, where 20 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent live and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 13 percent live. Barring Japan this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somei in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमेई | some'i | 33.33 |
| सोमई | soma'i | 16.67 |
| सोमइ | soma'i | 16.67 |
| सोमी | somi | 16.67 |
| सोमनी | somani | 16.67 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Somei
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