Somua Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Somua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India171:45,121,493474,784
England51:11,143,612252,590
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Somua (27) may also be a first name.

Somua Last Name Facts

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

Somua (Oriya: େସାମୁଆ) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Somua.

How Common Is The Last Name Somua? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,432,070th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 58 percent of Somua reside; 52 percent reside in South Asia and 52 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 27 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 45,121,493. In India it is mostly found in: Assam, where 88 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 6 percent reside and Telangana, where 6 percent reside. Besides India it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shomwua8327/
Somba8011,631/
Samua80866/
Somwa80227/
Semua80104/
Somva8014/
Sumua805/
Somuo804/
Comua801/
Sombai732,071/
Shomba731,185/
Jomuad73832/
Chomua73117/
Sombou73100/
Soimba7396/
Saemua7389/
Soumba7363/
Sombay7355/
Shamua7335/
Sombea7328/
Sumuay7328/
Djomua7327/
Somwad7319/
Sombuo7312/
Somwai7312/
Ssomba737/
Samuat736/
Shomwa736/
Samuay733/
Soomba733/
Somway733/
Sombha732/
Summua732/
Somvat732/
Somwas732/
Samuae731/
Jomuah731/
Jomuay731/
Sohmba731/
Siomba731/
Soumwa731/
Saamua731/
Sumuad731/
Somwah731/
Samuea731/
Samuaa731/
Sombau731/
Samuas731/
Samwua731/
Szomba731/
Soumbou672,196/
Soumbai67154/
Samhuay6785/
Samouha6776/
Chomuah6755/
Sjamuad6722/
Semmuha6710/
Samuajh679/
Shemuha679/
Sombhai674/
Samuays673/
Sombhaa673/
Shomway672/
Szombay671/
Shamuha671/
Samuhai671/
Chomuha671/
Shemwua671/
Shumuay671/
Shemuah671/
Soimbou671/
Somuhoy671/
Shammua671/
Shombha671/
Shombai671/
Somwach670/
Somways670/

Somua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Somua in the Oriya language
େସାମୁଆesamu'a-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Somua
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