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
Average Sumo Salary in
United States
$38,488 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sumo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sumo (Bengali: সুমু, Hindi: सुमो, Marathi: सुमो, Oriya: ସୁେମା) occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Sumô. For other possible spellings of Sumo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sumo is the 14,524th most commonly held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 189,839 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sumo are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Sumo is also the 55,662nd most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 11,533 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 35,520 people, or 1 in 124. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Bong County, where 37 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 24 percent are found and Gbarpolu County, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Liberia it is found in 59 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 2 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Sumo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sumo surname are 5.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.17% registered with the political 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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