Somek Surname
Approximately 253 people bear this surname
Somek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 125 | 1:33,829 | 6,935 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Sömek (642) & Šomek (78) are calculated separately.
Somek (54) may also be a first name.
Somek Demographics
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Somek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somek (Hindi: सोमेक, Russian: Сомек) is found most in Croatia. It may also be found in the variant forms: Sömek or Šomek. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Somek? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,006,539th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,804,529 people. The last name Somek is mostly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Somek live; 53 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 53 percent live in South Slavic Europe. Somek is also the 1,350,955th most numerous given name globally, held by 54 people.
The surname is most frequent in Croatia, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 33,829. In Croatia it is most numerous in: City of Zagreb, where 49 percent reside, Krapina-Zagorje County, where 34 percent reside and Vukovar-Srijem County, where 9 percent reside. Not including Croatia it is found in 21 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.
Somek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Somek last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Somek earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.28% less than the national average, earning $42,167 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.18% more than the national average, earning $56,729 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somek in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमेक | someka | - |
| Somek in the Russian language | ||
| Сомек | somek | - |
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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 Somek
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