Sumah Surname
Approximately 1,345 people bear this surname
Sumah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Indonesia | 375 | 1:352,665 | 30,497 |
| Liberia | 298 | 1:14,794 | 1,546 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Sierra Leone | 25 | 1:283,585 | 406 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
The alternate forms: Šumah (234) are calculated separately.
Sumah (2,824) may also be a first name.
Sumah Demographics
Average Sumah Salary in
United States
$39,111 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sumah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sumah (Hindi: सुमाह) is most common in Ghana. It can be found as: Šumah. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 285,793rd most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,418,250 people. Sumah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Sumah reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 137,132nd most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 2,824 people.
The last name Sumah is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is carried by 485 people, or 1 in 55,713. Besides Ghana it exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 28 percent live and Liberia, where 22 percent live.
Sumah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sumah surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% registered with the party.
Sumah earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.36% less than the national average, earning $39,111 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sumah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sumah in the Hindi language | ||
| सुमाह | sumaha | - |
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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 Sumah
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