Sommy Surname
Approximately 436 people bear this surname
Sommy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 346 | 1:153,010 | 13,848 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 1:145,602 | 20,089 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sommy (309) may also be a first name.
Sommy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sommy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sommy (Russian: Соммы) occurs most in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sommy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 681,965th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 16,714,555 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Sommy live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sommy is also the 500,178th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 309 people.
Sommy is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 153,010. In Tanzania Sommy is most common in: Arusha Region, where 49 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 30 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and The Philippines, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sommy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sommy in the Russian language | ||
| Соммы | sommy | - |
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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 Sommy
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