Somian Surname
Approximately 1,451 people bear this surname
Somian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,327 | 1:17,386 | 1,349 |
| Kenya | 100 | 1:461,799 | 24,210 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Somian (798) may also be a first name.
Somian Demographics
Somian Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Somian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somian Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Somian (Arabic: سوميان, Oriya: େସାମିଆଁ) is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somian? popularity and diffusion
The last name Somian is the 268,888th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,022,430 people. Somian occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Somian are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Somian is also the 289,761st most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 798 people.
This last name is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 1,327 people, or 1 in 17,386. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Comoé District, where 61 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 29 percent reside and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 4 percent reside. Outside of The Ivory Coast Somian is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 7 percent reside and Ghana, where 1 percent reside.
Somian Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Somian surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somian Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somian in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାମିଆଁ | esami'am | - |
| Somian in the Arabic language | ||
| سوميان | swmyan | - |
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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 Somian
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