Somk Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Somk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan931:252,0942,103
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Somk (13) may also be a first name.

Somk Last Name Facts

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

Somk (Russian: Сомк) has its highest incidence in Taiwan. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Somk.

How Common Is The Last Name Somk? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,918,812th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Somk reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Somk is also the 3,159,357th most common first name worldwide, borne by 13 people.

The last name is most common in Taiwan, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 252,094. In Taiwan it is most prevalent in: New Taipei City, where 28 percent live, Taoyuan City, where 24 percent live and Taipei City, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Taiwan this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Somke89184/
Somkh8939/
Somgk891/
Shomk890/
Soomkh803/
Somkhe802/
Soumke801/
Schomk800/
Somcks800/
Shomke800/
Samk75500/
Somc7591/
Semk7523/
Somg7510/
Comk753/
Sumk751/
Somkova73116/
Shoimek731/
Schoemk730/
Samke673,260/
Shamk67110/
Somgh6716/
Sumke678/
Sámek676/
Szumk675/
Soemc675/
Samkh673/
Jsamk673/
Sommg673/
Somgs672/
Samgk672/
Ziomk672/
Zomke671/
Sumkh671/
Sämåk671/
Semhk671/
Sumck671/
Shomg671/
Samck671/
Siomg671/
Shumk670/
Shemk670/
Semck670/

Somk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Somk in the Russian language
Сомкsomk-

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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 Somk
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