Somen Surname
Approximately 965 people bear this surname
Somen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 524 | 1:1,463,865 | 55,507 |
| Papua New Guinea | 155 | 1:52,605 | 6,626 |
| United States | 88 | 1:4,118,852 | 221,730 |
| Cameroon | 88 | 1:236,012 | 23,423 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Japan | 18 | 1:7,102,461 | 43,008 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Sömen (142), Šomen (22) & Šömen (91) are calculated separately.
Somen (16,639) may also be a first name.
Somen Demographics
Somen Political Affiliation
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Somen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somen (Arabic: سومين, Bengali: সোমেন, Hindi: सोमेन, Marathi: सोमेन, Oriya: େସାେମନ, Russian: Сомен) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Sömen, Šomen or Šömen. Click here for further possible spellings of Somen.
How Common Is The Last Name Somen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 371,870th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 7,551,861 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Somen reside; 54 percent reside in South Asia and 54 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Somen is also the 43,186th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 16,639 people.
The surname is most widely held in India, where it is held by 524 people, or 1 in 1,463,865. In India Somen is most numerous in: Manipur, where 88 percent live, Maharashtra, where 4 percent live and Gujarat, where 2 percent live. Not including India it occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
Somen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Somen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 587 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Somen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Somen surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.64% registered with the party.
Somen earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 74.41% more than the national average, earning $75,258 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somen in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमेन | somena | 96.27 |
| सोमीन | somina | 0.75 |
| सोमन | somana | 0.75 |
| सोमेन् | somen | 0.75 |
| Somen in the Bengali language | ||
| সোমেন | somena | 94.83 |
| সুমেন | sumena | 3.45 |
| সমেন | samena | 1.15 |
| Somen in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାେମନ | esaemana | 86.67 |
| େସାେମନ୍ | esaeman | 13.33 |
| Somen in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमेन | somena | 86.46 |
| सोम | soma | 4.17 |
| सोमन | somana | 3.13 |
| सॉमेन | somena | 1.04 |
| सोमा | soma | 1.04 |
| सुमेन | sumena | 1.04 |
| रोमेन | romena | 1.04 |
| Somen in the Russian language | ||
| Сомен | somen | - |
| Somen in the Arabic language | ||
| سومين | swmyn | - |
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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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- 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 Somen
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