Samir Forename
591st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,318,557 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Oman
Samir Forename User-submission:
Samir is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Europe. It has two possible origins:
(Arabic) The name Samir (سمير) means 'holy', 'jovial', 'loyal' or 'charming' in Arabic.
(Albanian) The name Samir means 'so good' in Albanian, but the connotation is closer to 'exquisite', 'superb' or 'perfect'.
Read More About This ForenameSamir Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 414,420 | 1:2,932 | 307 |
| Egypt | 100% | 171,034 | 1:537 | 99 |
| Algeria | 100% | 119,023 | 1:321 | 70 |
| Morocco | 100% | 85,219 | 1:403 | 89 |
| Iraq | 99% | 51,545 | 1:679 | 165 |
| Yemen | - | 45,367 | 1:580 | 98 |
| Oman | 100% | 39,817 | 1:103 | 17 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 38,734 | 1:249 | 19 |
| Sudan | 100% | 36,688 | 1:1,030 | 189 |
| Bangladesh | 99% | 29,510 | 1:5,404 | 740 |
| Syria | - | 27,427 | 1:704 | 128 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 21,796 | 1:258 | 33 |
| Jordan | 100% | 19,008 | 1:464 | 113 |
| Libya | - | 17,811 | 1:349 | 62 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 15,415 | 1:11,519 | 1,435 |
| Palestine | 100% | 14,933 | 1:305 | 57 |
| France | 100% | 14,148 | 1:4,698 | 430 |
| United States | 100% | 13,959 | 1:25,972 | 1,908 |
| Pakistan | 65% | 10,940 | 1:17,766 | 1,529 |
| Russia | 100% | 10,811 | 1:13,341 | 429 |
| Brazil | 100% | 9,846 | 1:21,759 | 1,949 |
| Nepal | 91% | 8,199 | 1:3,474 | 508 |
| Colombia | 100% | 7,144 | 1:6,688 | 700 |
| Afghanistan | 65% | 6,040 | 1:5,401 | 731 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 4,545 | 1:775 | 195 |
| Iran | 100% | 4,504 | 1:17,428 | 1,069 |
| Israel | 99% | 4,314 | 1:1,948 | 412 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,705 | 1:12,559 | 865 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,605 | 1:9,191 | 1,109 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 3,517 | 1:73,348 | 8,697 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 3,513 | 1:8,764 | 1,194 |
| England | 100% | 3,194 | 1:17,409 | 1,157 |
| Ethiopia | 70% | 3,121 | 1:31,259 | 3,674 |
| Angola | 100% | 2,834 | 1:9,515 | 1,131 |
| Tajikistan | 99% | 2,630 | 1:3,184 | 540 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 2,408 | 1:281 | 27 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,319 | 1:4,251 | 508 |
| Philippines | 99% | 2,109 | 1:50,265 | 3,664 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,048 | 1:14,747 | 1,404 |
| Somalia | - | 1,955 | 1:6,919 | 781 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,924 | 1:701 | 112 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,879 | 1:6,115 | 843 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,787 | 1:54,101 | 1,504 |
| Kosovo | - | 1,480 | 1:1,258 | 307 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,399 | 1:22,025 | 2,854 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,337 | 1:12,642 | 1,403 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1,103 | 1:3,389 | 456 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,068 | 1:25,268 | 1,746 |
| Kenya | - | 1,042 | 1:44,441 | 3,158 |
| Poland | 95% | 1,037 | 1:36,670 | 1,080 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 998 | 1:2,464 | 415 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 984 | 1:18,035 | 1,202 |
| Mexico | 94% | 929 | 1:133,632 | 2,950 |
| Chad | 100% | 865 | 1:15,721 | 2,494 |
| Croatia | 100% | 838 | 1:5,032 | 561 |
| Comoros | - | 784 | 1:971 | 176 |
| Romania | 100% | 781 | 1:25,675 | 1,723 |
| Austria | 100% | 706 | 1:12,060 | 686 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 603 | 1:13,621 | 1,169 |
| Denmark | - | 548 | 1:10,309 | 864 |
| Serbia | 100% | 541 | 1:13,208 | 1,019 |
| Turkey | 99% | 539 | 1:144,345 | 3,789 |
| Thailand | 100% | 510 | 1:137,384 | 10,366 |
| Australia | - | 487 | 1:28,044 | 1,726 |
| Somaliland | - | 459 | 1:7,629 | 597 |
| Tanzania | 96% | 454 | 1:116,274 | 6,117 |
| Honduras | 100% | 440 | 1:20,040 | 1,457 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 374 | 1:16,092 | 1,352 |
| Peru | 100% | 369 | 1:86,156 | 3,318 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 358 | 1:29,138 | 2,378 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 357 | 1:19,581 | 1,513 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 357 | 1:20,034 | 2,053 |
| Italy | 97% | 349 | 1:174,963 | 2,627 |
| Norway | 100% | 338 | 1:15,184 | 1,050 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 332 | 1:1,911 | 374 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 315 | 1:96,666 | 6,844 |
| South Africa | 99% | 303 | 1:179,976 | 12,019 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 281 | 1:19,476 | 537 |
| Belarus | 99% | 280 | 1:33,866 | 494 |
| Ecuador | - | 273 | 1:64,934 | 1,989 |
| Portugal | - | 267 | 1:38,992 | 1,469 |
| Chile | 99% | 237 | 1:74,292 | 2,177 |
| Panama | 100% | 228 | 1:17,134 | 1,811 |
| Greece | 100% | 222 | 1:49,255 | 1,724 |
| Djibouti | - | 217 | 1:4,220 | 471 |
| Qatar | 100% | 207 | 1:11,447 | 1,810 |
| Albania | 100% | 172 | 1:17,713 | 2,368 |
| New Zealand | - | 168 | 1:27,000 | 1,871 |
| Malawi | 100% | 127 | 1:134,743 | 6,567 |
| Niger | 78% | 127 | 1:151,055 | 4,822 |
| DR Congo | 91% | 123 | 1:600,224 | 20,154 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| Czechia | 100% | 105 | 1:101,487 | 1,161 |
| Scotland | 100% | 100 | 1:53,504 | 1,632 |
| Finland | 94% | 98 | 1:55,951 | 1,798 |
| Ireland | 100% | 96 | 1:48,370 | 1,603 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 92 | 1:22,726 | 2,266 |
| Japan | - | 90 | 1:1,422,067 | 17,281 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 74 | 1:311,837 | 13,522 |
| Senegal | 100% | 70 | 1:208,305 | 4,151 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 97% | 65 | 1:91,897 | 6,335 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 64 | 1:287,179 | 11,534 |
| China | - | 62 | 1:22,033,158 | 60,501 |
| Uganda | 100% | 60 | 1:682,615 | 13,880 |
| Singapore | 100% | 59 | 1:106,560 | 7,501 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 57 | 1:9,283 | 996 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 57 | 1:9,896 | 811 |
| Wales | 99% | 55 | 1:56,260 | 1,840 |
| Argentina | 100% | 53 | 1:807,042 | 4,677 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 52 | 1:5,195 | 708 |
| Malta | - | 51 | 1:8,419 | 919 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 45 | 1:2,059 | 474 |
| Benin | 100% | 44 | 1:240,360 | 10,647 |
| Estonia | 100% | 40 | 1:32,884 | 2,271 |
| Belize | 100% | 38 | 1:9,324 | 1,456 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 35 | 1:38,898 | 3,786 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 32 | 1:25,779 | 1,063 |
| Moldova | - | 31 | 1:114,875 | 1,335 |
| Hong Kong | - | 29 | 1:267,335 | 3,524 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 27 | 1:176,591 | 4,323 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 27 | 1:32,262 | 1,664 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 26 | 1:278,339 | 3,780 |
| Cameroon | - | 24 | 1:900,438 | 24,542 |
| El Salvador | - | 24 | 1:264,241 | 3,275 |
| Maldives | 95% | 22 | 1:19,723 | 886 |
| Hungary | 100% | 19 | 1:515,356 | 1,894 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 18 | 1:197,239 | 2,551 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Monaco | 100% | 13 | 1:2,959 | 566 |
| Congo | 100% | 12 | 1:417,434 | 7,854 |
| Liberia | 100% | 12 | 1:367,672 | 10,977 |
| Transnistria | 80% | 12 | 1:39,636 | 686 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 12 | 1:285,636 | 4,451 |
| Ukraine | - | 11 | 1:4,136,355 | 7,862 |
| Armenia | 100% | 10 | 1:291,875 | 4,379 |
| Cuba | - | 10 | 1:1,150,655 | 3,959 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 10 | 1:531,006 | 2,372 |
| South Korea | - | 10 | 1:554,442 | 13,303 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 10 | 1:1,542,382 | 46,134 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 9 | 1:528,109 | 348 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Andorra | - | 8 | 1:10,361 | 626 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Mauritius | - | 8 | 1:162,223 | 3,800 |
| Bolivia | - | 7 | 1:1,514,486 | 3,962 |
| Cambodia | 80% | 7 | 1:2,324,761 | 25,689 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 6 | 1:40,570 | 1,514 |
| Lithuania | - | 6 | 1:491,980 | 2,375 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Şamir (14), Samír (14), Sámir (5) & Sämir (2) are calculated separately.
Samir (494,330) may also be a surname.
Samir Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Samir is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Europe. It has two possible origins:
(Arabic) The name Samir (سمير) means 'holy', 'jovial', 'loyal' or 'charming' in Arabic.
(Albanian) The name Samir means 'so good' in Albanian, but the connotation is closer to 'exquisite', 'superb' or 'perfect'.
- Samir Ziad JweilesIt is an Arabic and Persian female given name, which means 'Samaritans', 'speech at night'. The Arabic version is derived from the root s-m-r, relating to the masdar tasāmur (Arabic: تسامر), ultimately meaning 'she who is of pleasant company and loved'.
- samooor24Samir Forename Popularity
Samir Demographics
Average Samir Salary in
United States
$48,558 USD
Per year
Rank:
142,060 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00348127
Rank: 1,966 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
111.55%
Sample size: 5,910 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Samir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samir in the Russian language | ||
| Самир | samir | - |
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