Somka Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Somka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 24 | 1:1,896,779 | 136,831 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Šomka (7) are calculated separately.
Somka (42) may also be a first name.
Somka Demographics
Somka Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Somka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somka (Georgian: სომკა, Hindi: सोमका, Marathi: सोमका, Russian: Сьомка) is most common in Ukraine. It may also be rendered as a variant: Šomka. For other potential spellings of Somka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. Somka is predominantly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Somka live; 63 percent live in Eastern Europe and 49 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Somka is also the 1,566,439th most common first name internationally, held by 42 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 1,896,779. In Ukraine it is most frequent in: Kiev Oblast, where 71 percent reside, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 8 percent reside and Chernihiv Oblast, where 4 percent reside. Barring Ukraine Somka is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 15 percent reside and Poland, where 14 percent reside.
Somka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Somka surname is principally Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somka in the Georgian language | ||
| სომკა | somka | - |
| Somka in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमका | somaka | - |
| Somka in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमका | somaka | - |
| Somka in the Russian language | ||
| Сьомка | somka | - |
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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 Somka
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