Somele Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Somele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 1:133,667 | 18,337 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Somele (14) may also be a first name.
Somele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somele (Marathi: सोमेले, Russian: Сомелье) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Somele.
How Common Is The Last Name Somele? popularity and diffusion
Somele is the 2,007,164th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name Somele occurs mostly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Somele live; 70 percent live in Oceania Islands and 70 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Somele is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name globally, held by 14 people.
Somele is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 133,667. In Papua New Guinea Somele is most frequent in: Western, where 75 percent are found, Central, where 13 percent are found and National Capital District, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Somele is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 9 percent are found and Russia, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somele in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमेले | somele | - |
| Somele in the Russian language | ||
| Сомелье | somele | - |
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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 Somele
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