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.
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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 more frequently found in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Sömek or Šomek. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Somek? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,006,539th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Somek reside; 53 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 53 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. Somek is also the 1,350,955th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 54 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Croatia, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 33,829. In Croatia it is most common in: City of Zagreb, where 49 percent are found, Krapina-Zagorje County, where 34 percent are found and Vukovar-Srijem County, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Croatia this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.
Somek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Somek surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the 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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