Sumo Surname
Approximately 38,388 people bear this surname
Sumo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 35,520 | 1:124 | 7 |
| Philippines | 766 | 1:132,165 | 22,489 |
| Indonesia | 544 | 1:243,105 | 22,310 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| United States | 259 | 1:1,399,455 | 96,631 |
| Cameroon | 143 | 1:145,238 | 16,093 |
| Papua New Guinea | 138 | 1:59,085 | 7,566 |
| India | 100 | 1:7,670,654 | 164,164 |
| Tanzania | 92 | 1:575,452 | 36,554 |
| Japan | 82 | 1:1,559,077 | 24,802 |
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| South Africa | 60 | 1:902,962 | 58,308 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Vietnam | 7 | 1:13,235,151 | 2,948 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Sumô (1) are calculated separately.
Sumo (11,533) may also be a first name.
Sumo Demographics
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Sumo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sumo (Bengali: সুমু, Hindi: सुमो, Marathi: सुमो, Oriya: ସୁେମା) occurs most in Liberia. It may also be found as a variant: Sumô. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 14,524th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 189,839 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sumo live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 55,662nd most prevalent first name globally, borne by 11,533 people.
The surname Sumo is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 35,520 people, or 1 in 124. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Bong County, where 37 percent live, Montserrado County, where 24 percent live and Gbarpolu County, where 10 percent live. Not including Liberia it is found in 59 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 2 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Sumo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sumo last name are 5.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.17% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sumo earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 7.04% less than the national average, earning R 220,920 per year and in United States they earn 10.8% less than the national average, earning $38,488 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sumo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sumo in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁେମା | suema | 80 |
| ସୁମ | suma | 20 |
| Sumo in the Marathi language | ||
| सुमो | sumo | 71.43 |
| सूमो | sumo | 14.29 |
| सुमा | suma | 14.29 |
| Sumo in the Hindi language | ||
| सुमो | sumo | 51.61 |
| सूमो | sumo | 45.16 |
| समो | samo | 3.23 |
| Sumo in the Bengali language | ||
| সুমু | sumu | 50 |
| সুমো | sumo | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Sumo
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