Somun Surname
Approximately 4,247 people bear this surname
Somun Surname User-submission:
The name is shared with a flat pita-like round flat bread, that can be opened to form a pocket or a filling, used with this name in Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and other Yugoslav countries. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is most often served with a local kebab, ćevapćići.
Read More About This SurnameSomun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 2,010 | 1:25,493 | 125 |
| Bangladesh | 1,352 | 1:117,867 | 4,824 |
| Turkey | 672 | 1:115,806 | 9,729 |
| Thailand | 69 | 1:1,023,744 | 155,957 |
| Indonesia | 48 | 1:2,755,192 | 158,430 |
| Croatia | 26 | 1:162,639 | 21,299 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15 | 1:235,760 | 11,850 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Mauritius | 6 | 1:215,570 | 8,537 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Somun (1,136) may also be a first name.
Somun Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name is shared with a flat pita-like round flat bread, that can be opened to form a pocket or a filling, used with this name in Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and other Yugoslav countries. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is most often served with a local kebab, ćevapćići. There is a village in the East of Bosnia, 20 or so kilometers away from the border with Montenegro that is called Somuni. There is a street in Zagreb, Croatia, that is called Somuni.
There is also a story that the name is a derivation of Solomon, and that the bread it shares a name with is derived from the phrase "bread of Solomon".
- lsomunSomun Demographics
Average Somun Salary in
United States
$13,406 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Somun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Somun (Hindi: सोमुन, Oriya: େସାମୁନ) is found in South Korea more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somun? popularity and diffusion
The last name Somun is the 109,567th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 1,715,928 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Somun live; 47 percent live in East Asia and 47 percent live in Koreanic Asia. It is also the 236,188th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 1,136 people.
The surname is most prevalent in South Korea, where it is held by 2,010 people, or 1 in 25,493. In South Korea it is mostly found in: Gyeonggi Province, where 23 percent are found, Seoul, where 21 percent are found and North Jeolla Province, where 18 percent are found. Besides South Korea this surname exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 32 percent are found and Turkey, where 16 percent are found.
Somun Last Name Statistics demography
Somun earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 68.93% less than the national average, earning $13,406 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Somun in the Hindi language | ||
| सोमुन | somuna | - |
| Somun in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାମୁନ | esamuna | 50 |
| େଶାମୁନ | esamuna | 50 |
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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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