Somu Surname
Approximately 9,703 people bear this surname
Somu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8,555 | 1:89,663 | 5,963 |
| Indonesia | 430 | 1:307,556 | 27,218 |
| Malaysia | 159 | 1:185,498 | 11,084 |
| United Arab Emirates | 116 | 1:78,985 | 7,143 |
| United States | 79 | 1:4,588,088 | 240,017 |
| Papua New Guinea | 79 | 1:103,212 | 13,927 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Thailand | 29 | 1:2,435,805 | 267,220 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
The alternate forms: Şomu (2) are calculated separately.
Somu (13,216) may also be a first name.
Somu Demographics
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Somu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Somu (Hindi: सोमू, Marathi: सोमु, Oriya: େସାମୁ, Russian: Сому, Tibetan: སོ་མུ་) is most common in India. It can occur as: Şomu. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Somu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 52,688th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 751,061 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Somu reside; 88 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Somu is also the 50,694th most frequent given name in the world, held by 13,216 people.
This surname is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 8,555 people, or 1 in 89,663. In India it is mostly found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 73 percent are found, Telangana, where 18 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 3 percent are found. Apart from India Somu occurs in 41 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.
Somu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Somu are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% being registered with the political party.
Somu earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 72.08% more than the national average, earning $74,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somu in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାମୁ | esamu | - |
| Somu in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमू | somu | 80.42 |
| सोमु | somu | 17.45 |
| सोनू | sonu | 0.47 |
| सॊमु | somu | 0.24 |
| सोम़ू | somau | 0.24 |
| सामू | samu | 0.24 |
| सौमू | saumu | 0.24 |
| सोम | soma | 0.24 |
| सोपू | sopu | 0.24 |
| Somu in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमु | somu | 54.31 |
| सोमू | somu | 45.6 |
| सोम | soma | 0.1 |
| Somu in the Tibetan language | ||
| སོ་མུ་ | somu | 50 |
| སུ་མུ་ | sumu | 50 |
| Somu in the Russian language | ||
| Сому | somu | - |
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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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- 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 Somu
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