Somiah Surname
Approximately 2,122 people bear this surname
Somiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,593 | 1:16,962 | 2,149 |
| South Africa | 303 | 1:178,804 | 19,656 |
| Mauritius | 74 | 1:17,479 | 3,745 |
| Pakistan | 48 | 1:3,721,748 | 27,543 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Somiah (2,701) may also be a first name.
Somiah Demographics
Average Somiah Salary in
United States
$31,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Somiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somiah (Marathi: सोमया) is held by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somiah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Somiah is the 197,341st most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,434,282 people. The last name Somiah is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Somiah are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 140,925th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 2,701 people.
The surname is most common in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,593 people, or 1 in 16,962. Apart from Ghana this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 14 percent are found and Mauritius, where 3 percent are found.
Somiah Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Somiah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 84.64% more than the national average, earning R 438,780 per year and in United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somiah in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमया | somaya | 50 |
| सोममा | somama | 50 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Somiah
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