Somar Surname
Approximately 12,535 people bear this surname
Somar Surname User-submission:
The Somar surname means 'people who came over the mountains'.
Family emigrated from Prussia early in 14th century. Due to the migration to Bern, Switzerland or Munich, Germany the surname changed to Sommer.
Somar Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Pakistan | 10,371 | 1:17,225 | 1,057 |
India | 660 | 1:1,162,220 | 47,065 |
Indonesia | 555 | 1:238,287 | 21,960 |
United States | 166 | 1:2,183,488 | 137,532 |
Ukraine | 140 | 1:325,162 | 40,914 |
Turkey | 119 | 1:653,962 | 34,245 |
Guyana | 85 | 1:8,967 | 1,413 |
Suriname | 64 | 1:8,635 | 2,172 |
Mauritius | 47 | 1:27,520 | 5,467 |
South Africa | 44 | 1:1,231,311 | 69,478 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 36 | 1:37,888 | 3,656 |
Netherlands | 33 | 1:511,733 | 48,115 |
Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
Uruguay | 14 | 1:245,126 | 18,218 |
United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Somar (23,457) may also be a first name.
Somar Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Somar surname means 'people who came over the mountains'.
Family emigrated from Prussia early in 14th century. Due to the migration to Bern, Switzerland or Munich, Germany the surname changed to Sommer.
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Somar Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Somar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somar (Arabic: صومر, Hindi: सोमर, Marathi: सोमर, Oriya: େସାମାର, Russian: Сомар) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somar? popularity and diffusion
Somar is the 41,650th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 581,376 people. The surname Somar is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Somar live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Somar is also the 33,565th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 23,457 people.
The surname Somar is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 10,371 people, or 1 in 17,225. In Pakistan Somar is most frequent in: Sindh, where 95 percent are found, Balochistan, where 5 percent are found and Punjab, where 0 percent are found. Beside Pakistan this surname exists in 53 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
Somar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Somar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Somar last name increased 1,660 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Somar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Somar last name are 12.29% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 65.52% being registered with the political party.
The amount Somar earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 21.53% more than the national average, earning R 288,792 per year; in United States they earn 6.66% more than the national average, earning $46,021 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.4% less than the national average, earning $49,486 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Somar Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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Somar in the Hindi language | ||
सोमर | somara | 64.76 |
सोमार | somara | 32.16 |
सोमाऱ | somara | 0.44 |
शोमारा | somara | 0.44 |
शोमरा | somara | 0.44 |
सोमा | soma | 0.44 |
सोमारू | somaru | 0.44 |
सोमरा | somara | 0.44 |
सोमारु | somaru | 0.44 |
Somar in the Oriya language | ||
େସାମାର | esamara | 50 |
େସାମର | esamara | 50 |
Somar in the Marathi language | ||
सोमर | somara | 46.99 |
सोमार | somara | 44.58 |
सोनार | sonara | 2.41 |
सोमऱ | somara | 1.2 |
सोमारू | somaru | 0.6 |
सोमा | soma | 0.6 |
सोपार | sopara | 0.6 |
Somar in the Russian language | ||
Сомар | somar | - |
Somar in the Arabic language | ||
صومر | swmr | - |
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