Somi Surname
Approximately 15,793 people bear this surname
Somi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 6,849 | 1:23,267 | 1,601 |
| Tanzania | 2,951 | 1:17,940 | 2,296 |
| South Africa | 1,771 | 1:30,592 | 3,933 |
| India | 1,441 | 1:532,315 | 26,434 |
| Indonesia | 382 | 1:346,202 | 29,976 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 337 | 1:24,195 | 2,659 |
| DR Congo | 308 | 1:239,869 | 23,092 |
| Hungary | 214 | 1:45,870 | 4,878 |
| Slovenia | 142 | 1:17,519 | 4,061 |
| Sweden | 122 | 1:80,711 | 5,995 |
| Japan | 101 | 1:1,265,785 | 22,505 |
| Ivory Coast | 94 | 1:245,439 | 9,826 |
| Australia | 83 | 1:325,249 | 27,873 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Pakistan | 67 | 1:2,666,327 | 22,731 |
| Croatia | 46 | 1:91,926 | 15,142 |
| Thailand | 45 | 1:1,569,741 | 208,465 |
| Argentina | 44 | 1:971,441 | 61,182 |
| Philippines | 39 | 1:2,595,852 | 132,893 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| Romania | 32 | 1:627,433 | 44,366 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Turkey | 9 | 1:8,646,825 | 130,497 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
The alternate forms: Šomi (2) are calculated separately.
Somi (57,408) may also be a first name.
Somi Demographics
Somi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Somi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somi (Bengali: সোমি, Hindi: सोमी, Marathi: सोमी, Oriya: େସାମି, Russian: Соми, Tibetan: སོ་མི་) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Šomi. Click here to see other potential spellings of Somi.
How Common Is The Last Name Somi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 33,619th most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 461,442 people. The last name Somi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Somi are found; 53 percent are found in South Asia and 44 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Somi is also the 16,429th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 57,408 people.
Somi is most commonly occurring in Bangladesh, where it is held by 6,849 people, or 1 in 23,267. Barring Bangladesh Somi occurs in 77 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 19 percent reside and South Africa, where 11 percent reside.
Somi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Somi surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Somi surname are 1.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.55% registered with the political party.
The amount Somi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.41% less than the national average, earning R 134,484 per year; in United States they earn 38.09% more than the national average, earning $59,583 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.11% less than the national average, earning $34,228 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somi in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमी | somi | 97.25 |
| सोमई | soma'i | 2.58 |
| सोमि | somi | 0.07 |
| सोम्ई | somi | 0.01 |
| सॊमी | somi | 0.01 |
| स्वामी | svami | 0.01 |
| सौमी | saumi | 0.01 |
| Somi in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमी | somi | 96.67 |
| सोमा | soma | 3.05 |
| सॉमी | somi | 0.12 |
| सोम | soma | 0.08 |
| Somi in the Tibetan language | ||
| སོ་མི་ | somi | 80 |
| སོམ་མི་ | sommi | 20 |
| Somi in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାମି | esami | 73.12 |
| େସାମୀ | esami | 23.72 |
| ସମି | sami | 1.58 |
| େଶାମି | esami | 0.79 |
| ସୁମୀ | sumi | 0.4 |
| େଶାମୀ | esami | 0.4 |
| Somi in the Bengali language | ||
| সোমি | somi | 47.37 |
| সোমী | somi | 26.32 |
| সুমি | sumi | 15.79 |
| সুমী | sumi | 5.26 |
| সুওমী | su'omi | 5.26 |
| Somi in the Russian language | ||
| Соми | somi | - |
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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 Somi
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