Somma Surname
Approximately 17,534 people bear this surname
Somma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 9,236 | 1:6,622 | 865 |
| United States | 2,120 | 1:170,971 | 17,263 |
| Yemen | 1,734 | 1:15,240 | 1,727 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,003 | 1:18,297 | 1,315 |
| Thailand | 680 | 1:103,880 | 15,002 |
| Argentina | 653 | 1:65,457 | 5,599 |
| France | 330 | 1:201,281 | 31,299 |
| Uruguay | 325 | 1:10,559 | 1,187 |
| Brazil | 235 | 1:910,955 | 32,619 |
| Benin | 147 | 1:70,310 | 8,494 |
| Canada | 110 | 1:334,960 | 30,494 |
| England | 95 | 1:586,506 | 35,379 |
| India | 87 | 1:8,816,843 | 179,063 |
| Lebanon | 85 | 1:66,319 | 4,867 |
| Mauritius | 83 | 1:15,583 | 3,299 |
| Switzerland | 76 | 1:108,065 | 11,329 |
| Germany | 67 | 1:1,201,574 | 78,034 |
| Ivory Coast | 60 | 1:384,521 | 13,351 |
| South Africa | 49 | 1:1,105,667 | 65,349 |
| Austria | 35 | 1:243,298 | 28,936 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Finland | 20 | 1:274,835 | 20,939 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Chile | 14 | 1:1,258,320 | 22,898 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 1:19,189 | 1,439 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Somma (1,712) may also be a first name.
Somma Demographics
Average Somma Salary in
United States
$49,976 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Somma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻣﻪ, Hindi: सोम्मा, Marathi: सोमा, Russian: Сомма) occurs most in Italy. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 30,461st most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 415,624 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Somma are found; 53 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 53 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 185,598th most numerous forename world-wide, held by 1,712 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Italy, where it is carried by 9,236 people, or 1 in 6,622. In Italy it is most frequent in: Campania, where 73 percent reside, Apulia, where 7 percent reside and Lazio, where 6 percent reside. Besides Italy Somma is found in 62 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent reside and Yemen, where 10 percent reside.
Somma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Somma has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Somma surname increased 212,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Somma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Somma last name is chiefly Greek Orthodox (53%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Somma last name are 10.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.31% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Somma earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 9.69% more than the national average, earning €32,939 per year; in Norway they earn 2.64% less than the national average, earning 336,955 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 3.51% less than the national average, earning R 229,308 per year; in United States they earn 15.82% more than the national average, earning $49,976 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.16% more than the national average, earning $58,705 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻣﻪ | swmh | - |
| Somma in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमा | soma | - |
| Somma in the Hindi language | ||
| सोम्मा | som'ma | 96.33 |
| सोंमा | somma | 2.86 |
| सोम्या | somya | 0.41 |
| Somma in the Russian language | ||
| Сомма | somma | - |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Somma
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