Sooma Surname
Approximately 658 people bear this surname
Sooma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Uganda | 264 | 1:147,876 | 13,161 |
| Brazil | 77 | 1:2,780,186 | 82,572 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sooma (2,958) may also be a first name.
Sooma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sooma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sooma (Hindi: सूमा, Russian: Соома) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sooma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 500,196th most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 11,075,298 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Sooma are found; 42 percent are found in North Africa and 42 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Sooma is also the 133,270th most commonly used given name internationally It is held by 2,958 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 275 people, or 1 in 334,312. Aside from Egypt this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 40 percent reside and Brazil, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sooma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sooma in the Hindi language | ||
| सूमा | suma | - |
| Sooma in the Russian language | ||
| Соома | sooma | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sooma
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