Somwaru Surname

341,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,075 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guyana
Highest density in:
Guyana

Somwaru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somwaru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guyana5031:1,515265
United States3821:948,84570,809
Canada1161:317,63429,153
Suriname451:12,2803,102
England101:5,571,806158,774
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Trinidad and Tobago61:227,32910,175
France11:66,422,722504,397
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Somwaru (13) may also be a first name.

Somwaru Last Name Facts

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

The last name Somwaru is carried by more people in Guyana than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Somwaru? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 341,576th most common family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 6,779,112 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Somwaru live; 52 percent live in South America and 51 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America. Somwaru is also the 3,159,357th most numerous given name at a global level It is held by 13 people.

This surname is most widely held in Guyana, where it is borne by 503 people, or 1 in 1,515. In Guyana Somwaru is most numerous in: Demerara-Mahaica, where 35 percent reside, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, where 28 percent reside and East Berbice-Corentyne, where 27 percent reside. Aside from Guyana Somwaru occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent reside and Canada, where 11 percent reside.

Somwaru Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Somwaru are 14.86% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 68.09% being registered with the party.

The amount Somwaru earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 12% more than the national average, earning $48,328 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.14% more than the national average, earning $51,742 CAD per year.

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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 Somwaru
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