Sominami Surname

597,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 521 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Sominami Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Sominami Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan5091:251,16810,174
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080

Sominami Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sominami Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sominami occurs most in Japan. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sominami? popularity and diffusion

It is the 597,433rd most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 13,987,612 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sominami live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The surname Sominami is most frequently held in Japan, where it is held by 509 people, or 1 in 251,168. In Japan it is most frequent in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 99 percent live, Kagoshima Prefecture, where 1 percent live and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 0 percent live. Other than Japan this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zominami8840/
Suminami8826/
Jominami882/
Cominami881/
Shuminami8237/
Shaminami827/
Zomignami821/
Saminemi752/
Samunami751/
Suminame751/
Saminahamid741/
Shaminemi712/
Saminamma711/
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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 Sominami
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