Zomai Surname
Approximately 853 people bear this surname
Zomai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
The alternate forms: Zomaï (17) are calculated separately.
Zomai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zomai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zomai (Tibetan: འཛོམས་མའི།) is found in Togo more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Zomaï. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zomai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zomai is the 409,546th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,543,430 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zomai are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Togo, where it is held by 840 people, or 1 in 8,628. Other than Togo Zomai occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent live and Bhutan, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zomai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zomai in the Tibetan language | ||
| འཛོམས་མའི། | dzommé | - |
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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 Zomai
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