Sumiah Surname
Approximately 723 people bear this surname
Sumiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 684 | 1:193,347 | 18,450 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Sumiah (17,235) may also be a first name.
Sumiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sumiah is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sumiah is the 465,687th most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 10,079,593 people. Sumiah is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sumiah are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 42,130th most commonly used given name on earth. It is borne by 17,235 people.
The surname Sumiah is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is held by 684 people, or 1 in 193,347. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 30 percent live, East Java, where 21 percent live and Central Java, where 19 percent live. Other than Indonesia Sumiah is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
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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 Sumiah
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