Som is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Som
No. of characters: 3
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Som

How popular is Som?

Som is common in India.

Som is ranked 4929 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Soms grew by 27.50334 per cent to 1910 since 2000 and ranked 15355 after elevating 2022 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 88.12 83.18
White 5.39 5.74
Som is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Cambodia which signifies that it is originated from Cambodia. Around 110681 people have been found who wears Som as their family name. Som is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
60,971 Kyrgyzstan6
203 Laos6
176 Somalia6
1,194 Nepal5
946 Papua New Guinea5
720,003 Russia4
8,689 Pakistan4
2,967 Vietnam3
23,165 Romania3
46,068 Philippines3
16,136 Kenya3
18,114 Algeria3
14,078 Japan3
4,138 Bahrain3
32,086 Mexico3
32,695 Nigeria3
3,861 Syria3
443 Bhutan2
23,344 Austria2
4,086 Angola2
14,621 Croatia2
19,046 Ireland2
13,552 Qatar2
1,256 Myanmar2
18,035 Egypt2
15,999 Slovakia2
2,835 Libya2
4,104 South Korea2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
17,575 Kuwait1
31,584 Peru1
6,212 Jamaica1
6,149 Ethiopia1
8,268 Mauritius1
12,270 Lebanon1
2,935 Madagascar1
12,745 Luxembourg1
6,688 Malawi1
8,859 Iraq1
801 Cape Verde1
5,553 Taiwan1
4,435 Togo1
492,292 Ukraine1
2,505 Congo1
29,774 Venezuela1
18,969 Wales1
3,952 Yemen1
11,486 Estonia1
38,841 Scotland1
510 East Timor1
14,618 Guyana1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
21,712 Sweden44
48,310 Spain40
37,591 Belgium37
21,901 Chile27
20,041 New Zealand24
3,546 Senegal21
28,338 Norway20
50,826 Zimbabwe19
3,343 China13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,858 Hong Kong83
78,184 Italy67
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Som:
10,423 Iran819
1,529 Burkina Faso747
11,004 Turkey664
14,850 France637
2,149 Hungary589
23,918 Germany437
14,898 Morocco336
20,596 Poland286
11,767 Saudi Arabia269
25,123 England194
16,033 Netherlands173
21,848 Canada162
13,267 Greece147
8,235 Switzerland144
7,471 United Arab Emirates130
4,007 Portugal129
20,033 Australia126
6,495 Jordan123
72,789 Indonesia116
3,067 Singapore112
43,624 South Africa110
Countries with thousands of Som:
1,664 Brazil9,301
1,154 Cameroon2,974
3,398 Bangladesh2,406
18,930 United States1,711
46 Thailand1,330
2,313 Malaysia1,138
2,782 Ghana1,118
2,347 Ivory Coast1,023
Countries with ten thousands of Som:
22 Cambodia60,778
2,520 India21,838
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Comments

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Norene Waggoner
som mean peak and indicated the status of the domain name became house or hamlet name.

Som Namesakes

  • M. G. Soman, Actor
  • M. G. Soman, Actor
  • Aboubacar Somparé, Politician
  • Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, English Politician
  • Kirit Somaiya, Politician
  • Ade Soma, Musical Artist
  • Henry Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort, Duke of Beaufort
  • Adem Somyürek, Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
  • Arthur Somervell, Composer
  • Juergen Sommer, Goalkeeper

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