Sumi Surname
Approximately 147,171 people bear this surname
Sumi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 115,802 | 1:1,376 | 132 |
| Japan | 18,088 | 1:7,068 | 1,059 |
| India | 6,162 | 1:124,483 | 8,024 |
| Indonesia | 2,096 | 1:63,096 | 6,886 |
| Iran | 748 | 1:102,650 | 9,973 |
| Nigeria | 740 | 1:239,382 | 13,907 |
| Peru | 514 | 1:61,837 | 4,835 |
| United States | 492 | 1:736,705 | 57,727 |
| Bolivia | 378 | 1:28,086 | 1,977 |
| Switzerland | 334 | 1:24,590 | 3,868 |
| Brazil | 278 | 1:770,052 | 28,007 |
| Thailand | 207 | 1:341,248 | 59,174 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Papua New Guinea | 131 | 1:62,242 | 8,061 |
| Tanzania | 100 | 1:529,416 | 34,350 |
| Pakistan | 100 | 1:1,786,439 | 18,003 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Hungary | 90 | 1:109,070 | 10,434 |
| Canada | 80 | 1:460,570 | 39,784 |
| Vietnam | 77 | 1:1,203,196 | 1,978 |
| United Arab Emirates | 72 | 1:127,254 | 10,508 |
| Malaysia | 61 | 1:483,512 | 24,345 |
| England | 48 | 1:1,160,793 | 54,689 |
| Germany | 41 | 1:1,963,548 | 108,338 |
| Taiwan | 38 | 1:616,967 | 4,529 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| Ecuador | 23 | 1:691,559 | 12,337 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 1:621,919 | 23,710 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Šumi (90) & Sümi (1) are calculated separately.
Sumi (586,952) may also be a first name.
Sumi Demographics
Average Sumi Salary in
United States
$54,874 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sumi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sumi (Arabic: سومي, Bengali: সুমি, Hindi: सुमी, Marathi: सुमी, Oriya: ସୁମି, Russian: Суми, Tibetan: སུ་མིད་) is most common in Bangladesh. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Šumi or Sümi. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,806th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 49,518 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sumi reside; 83 percent reside in South Asia and 79 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,702nd most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 586,952 people.
The surname Sumi is most frequent in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 115,802 people, or 1 in 1,376. Aside from Bangladesh it exists in 78 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 12 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Sumi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sumi has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sumi last name grew 49,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sumi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sumi last name are 1.72% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.95% registered with the political party.
The amount Sumi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 34.37% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,722 per year; in United States they earn 27.17% more than the national average, earning $54,874 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.34% more than the national average, earning $57,800 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sumi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sumi in the Marathi language | ||
| सुमी | sumi | 97.06 |
| सूमी | sumi | 2.57 |
| Sumi in the Bengali language | ||
| সুমি | sumi | 76.52 |
| সুমী | sumi | 23.08 |
| সোমী | somi | 0.4 |
| Sumi in the Hindi language | ||
| सुमी | sumi | 64.58 |
| सूमी | sumi | 15.5 |
| सुमि | sumi | 10.97 |
| सुमित्रा | sumitra | 4.52 |
| सुमिा | sumia | 0.58 |
| सूमि | sumi | 0.38 |
| शुमी | sumi | 0.19 |
| सुम्ाि | sumai | 0.1 |
| सुमि़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़ | sumi | 0.1 |
| सुनी | suni | 0.1 |
| सुमीा | sumia | 0.1 |
| सुम्ी | sumi | 0.1 |
| Sumi in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁମି | sumi | 60.01 |
| ସୁମୀ | sumi | 34.59 |
| ଶୁମି | sumi | 3.52 |
| ଶୁମୀ | sumi | 0.59 |
| ସୂମି | sumi | 0.31 |
| ସୂମୀ | sumi | 0.29 |
| ସୁନି | suni | 0.05 |
| ମୁମୁର୍ | mumur | 0.05 |
| ପୁିର୍ | puir | 0.03 |
| ସିୁମୀ | siumi | 0.01 |
| ସୁମ | suma | 0.01 |
| ସୁମିୀ | sumii | 0.01 |
| ମାନୀ | mani | 0.01 |
| ଷୁମୀ | sumi | 0.01 |
| ଶୂମୀ | sumi | 0.01 |
| େସାମି | esami | 0.01 |
| ଶୂମି | sumi | 0.01 |
| ଗୁମି | gumi | 0.01 |
| ସୁକାି | sukai | 0.01 |
| Sumi in the Tibetan language | ||
| སུ་མིད་ | sumi | 50 |
| སུ་མི་ | sumi | 50 |
| Sumi in the Russian language | ||
| Суми | sumi | - |
| Sumi in the Arabic language | ||
| سومي | swmy | - |
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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 Sumi
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