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 Male Sumi Height
169.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sumi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sumi (Arabic: سومي, Bengali: সুমি, Hindi: सुमी, Marathi: सुमी, Oriya: ସୁମି, Russian: Суми, Tibetan: སུ་མིད་) has its highest incidence in Bangladesh. It may also be rendered as a variant: Šumi or Sümi. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,806th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 49,518 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sumi live; 83 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,702nd most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 586,952 people.
Sumi is most frequently occurring in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 115,802 people, or 1 in 1,376. Not including Bangladesh Sumi occurs in 78 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 12 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
Sumi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sumi has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sumi surname increased 49,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sumi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sumi are 1.72% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.95% registered to vote for the 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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