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

Somwaru occurs in Guyana more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Somwaru? popularity and diffusion

Somwaru is the 341,576th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 6,779,112 people. The surname Somwaru occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Somwaru are found; 52 percent are found in South America and 51 percent are found in Gallo-Germanic South America. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.

Somwaru is most common in Guyana, where it is held by 503 people, or 1 in 1,515. In Guyana it is primarily concentrated in: Demerara-Mahaica, where 35 percent live, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, where 28 percent live and East Berbice-Corentyne, where 27 percent live. Outside of Guyana this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 36 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.

Somwaru Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Somwaru are 14.86% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 68.09% registered to vote for the political 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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