Somnath
loc · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Somnath is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Sanskrit सोमनाथ (somanātha) (सोम + नाथ).
- NPNepal≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- BHBahrain≈1 in 44K
- QAQatar≈1 in 44K
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 Somnath 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.
- Nepal (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 180 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,600 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nepal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Sumanta in US United States, ID Indonesia, BD Bangladesh and 6 more.
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(measured from records)
From Sanskrit सोमनाथ (somanātha) (सोम + नाथ).
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Somnath 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP Nepal | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Sumanta | 19 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 131K | — | Sumanta | 58 |
| BD Bangladesh | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 141K | — | Sumanta | 19 |
| CN China | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 2.9M | — | Sumanta | 2 |
| US United States | 251 | 1 in 1.3M | 251 | Sumanta | 156 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Sumanta | 14 |
| QA Qatar | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 44K | — | Sumanta | 7 |
| KW Kuwait | ≈42 est. | ≈1 in 71K | — | Sumanta | 8 |
| BH Bahrain | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 44K | — | Sumanta | 4 |
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. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Somnath is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Name of a Hindu temple in Gujarat, India. It is the first among the twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Lord Shiva.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ofs, a gathering
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Somnath Lahirib. 1909INIndian politician
- Somnath Horeb. 1921INIndian artist (1921-2006)
- Somnath Sharmab. 1923INproud on major Somnath Sharma (1923–1947)
- Somnath Chatterjeeb. 1929INIndian politician and former Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1929-2018)
- Somnath Saprub. 1940INIndian writer
- Somnath Bharadwajb. 1964INIndian physicist
- Somnath Bhartib. 1974INIndian lawyer
- Somnath Kharab. 1986INIndian professional footballer
- Somnath ZutshiINIndian writer
- Somnath C Royresearcher
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 16 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 251 | #33,126 |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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 Somnath mean, and where does it come from?
- From Sanskrit सोमनाथ (somanātha) (सोम + नाथ). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Somnath have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 thousand people named Somnath in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sumanta.
- How common is the name Somnath?
- In the United States, the national register counted 251 people named Somnath in 2020, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
What do you want to know about Somnath?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/somnathThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Somnath”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.