'Somchai' most popular male name | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

'Somchai' most popular male name

Published: 11 Jul 2012 at 17.06
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"Somchai" is the most frequent name given to boys in Thailand, with about 240,000 Somchais registered throughout the country, the central domicile registration office of the Interior Ministry revealed today.

The four next most popular names, according to the official registrations, are Somsak (230,000), Somporn (210,000), Somboon (170,400), and Prasert (170,000).

As of Dec 31, 2011, the population of Thailand was 64,076,033. The number of females exceeded that of males by 1,017,737.

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jacksprat
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Discussion 5 : 12 Jul 2012 at 11.375
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Oh, good grief ... Bangkok has 5 million people. There must be that many cars on the road! Here we go again counting people by their house registration, instead of where they actually live. The unofficial population of Bangkok is around 12 million. Furthermore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Thailand has 70 million people. Where are the missing 6 million? The Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs next to get together and find them.
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Discussion 4 : 12 Jul 2012 at 11.304
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It took a survey to discover that the most popular names are still the most popular names?
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Discussion 3 : 12 Jul 2012 at 07.423
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I'd like to know what the most popular names for newborns are.

I have a feeling most Somchais are getting quite old.
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Discussion 2 : 12 Jul 2012 at 01.492
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An interesting story and a pleasant distraction from all the other "stuff" going on in the news.
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Discussion 1 : 11 Jul 2012 at 19.381
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very good general news
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