Somaya

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Somaya is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Egypt than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Se Sumaya.

rarermore common
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 8.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 348K
  • AFAfghanistan≈1 in 3.4K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Egypt (inferred from the name graph)

≈12,000 people, est.

Sources
87 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Afghanistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Se Sumaya.

Sources 1

  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Somaya 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.

Where Somaya is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EG Egypt#682≈12,000 est.≈1 in 8.8K—Somaya65
AF Afghanistan#921≈11,000 est.≈1 in 3.4K1Somaya9
MA Morocco—≈3,200 est.≈1 in 11K—Somaya27
SA Saudi Arabia—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 24K—Somaya53
US United States—9571 in 348K956Somaya87
QA Qatar#743≈130 est.≈1 in 19K—Somaya20

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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Somaya is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Spain

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Somaÿa

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Morocco, Belgium, United States

    Also written Somayà, Sômaya

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Brazil, United States, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Šõmáýá, Śômâýã, Somâyâ

  • Bangla given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bangladesh, India, Morocco, Türkiye

    Also written সোমায়া, Somaaya

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19401960198020002020Somaya Ramadan, b. 1951Somaya El Alfy, b. 1953Somaya Al Jowder, b. 1960Somaya Elkhashab, b. 1966Somaya Bashir, b. 1974Somaya Bousaid, b. 1980Somaya Darwesh, b. 1989Somaya Critchlow, b. 1993Somaya Harun, b. 2001Somaya Faruqi, b. 2002

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 42 sources across 24 countries.

Official registers attesting Somaya
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020956#12,828
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2012207—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2011198—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201465—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202513—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201#12,828
AF AfghanistanWikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names—1#365

Reference works 2

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • 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

What does the name Somaya mean?
Recorded meaning: Se Sumaya.
Is Somaya a male or female name?
Somaya is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Somaya have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Somaya in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled somaya.
How common is the name Somaya?
In the United States, the national register counted 957 people named Somaya in 2020, about 1 in 348 thousand residents.
How common is Somaya compared with other names?
In Egypt, Somaya is the 682nd most common given name of 107,792 given names recorded there.

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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, “Somaya” — the 682nd most common given name in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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