Somfay
surname · Latin script
Somfay is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Thailand than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 2.1Mas Somfai(measured from records)
- THThailand≈1 in 4.6Mas สมฝ้าย
- PLPoland1 in 19Mas Somfai
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Somfay itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Thailand (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 13 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.1M (inferred from the name graph)
≈15 named สมฝ้าย, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Switzerland, as Somfai
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled สมฝ้าย in TH Thailand.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Somfay counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TH Thailand | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 4.6M | #672,611 | สมฝ้าย | 13 |
| CH Switzerland | 4as Somfai | 1 in 2.1M | 4 | — | — |
| PL Poland | 2as Somfai | 1 in 19M | 2 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | — | — | listed | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Elemér Somfayb. 1898HUHungarian decathlete (1898–1979)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Somfay have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 15 people named สมฝ้าย in Thailand, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Somfay most common?
- No national register we hold counts the spelling Somfay itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Switzerland's: the national register counts about 1 in 2.1 million people named Somfai.
- How common is the name Somfay?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 4 people named Somfai in 2024, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.
What do you want to know about Somfay?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/somfayThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Somfay”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.