Somero

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Finnish Somero. === Proper noun === Somero (plural Someros) A surname from Finnish. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Somero is the 41728th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 521 individuals. Somero is most common among White (98.46%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Somero”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === moreso, mooers, roomes, Moores, morose, more so, Romeos == Finnish == === Etymology === From somero (“(rough) gravel”). The Southwest Finnish town was named such because the original church in the area was built on an esker or hill with gravelly soil. The surname is mostly from place names. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsomero/, [ˈs̠o̞me̞ro̞] Rhymes: -omero Syllabification(key): So‧me‧ro Hyphenation(key): So‧me‧ro === Proper noun === Somero (uncountable) a town and municipality of Southwest Finland a Finnish surname ==== Declension ==== The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Somero" is Somerolla. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Somero → Swedish: Somero ==== Statistics ==== Somero is the 1670th (tied with 3 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 509 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References ===