Sammy Forename
5,015th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 208,163 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya
Sammy Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 95% | 64,584 | 1:717 | 139 |
| United States | 100% | 41,479 | 1:8,740 | 999 |
| Philippines | 99% | 29,850 | 1:3,551 | 636 |
| Ghana | 100% | 17,811 | 1:1,515 | 281 |
| Sudan | 100% | 7,139 | 1:5,296 | 835 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 4,602 | 1:16,043 | 1,423 |
| South Africa | 94% | 2,885 | 1:18,902 | 2,678 |
| England | 70% | 2,811 | 1:19,780 | 1,261 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,681 | 1:11,493 | 1,646 |
| Nigeria | 89% | 2,184 | 1:81,302 | 4,936 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,108 | 1:75,646 | 5,664 |
| Libya | - | 2,020 | 1:3,080 | 527 |
| Rwanda | - | 1,934 | 1:5,880 | 1,009 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,849 | 1:52,764 | 4,907 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,727 | 1:19,186 | 1,773 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,240 | 1:208,035 | 19,931 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,174 | 1:9,787 | 1,063 |
| Papua New Guinea | 92% | 1,054 | 1:7,735 | 804 |
| Australia | - | 1,043 | 1:13,095 | 1,095 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,036 | 1:16,518 | 1,577 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,017 | 1:210,655 | 9,252 |
| Egypt | 100% | 998 | 1:92,085 | 4,309 |
| Uganda | 93% | 890 | 1:46,019 | 2,819 |
| Liberia | 97% | 770 | 1:5,730 | 665 |
| Peru | 59% | 754 | 1:42,164 | 2,340 |
| India | 60% | 642 | 1:1,892,333 | 100,569 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 613 | 1:35,254 | 2,589 |
| Tanzania | 82% | 594 | 1:88,869 | 5,190 |
| Netherlands | 65% | 573 | 1:29,498 | 2,459 |
| Poland | 100% | 565 | 1:67,305 | 1,669 |
| China | - | 533 | 1:2,562,956 | 46,157 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 496 | 1:7,158 | 550 |
| France | 100% | 491 | 1:135,377 | 2,621 |
| Hong Kong | - | 457 | 1:16,964 | 2,033 |
| Sweden | 99% | 423 | 1:23,305 | 1,548 |
| Malaysia | 80% | 406 | 1:75,000 | 5,671 |
| Zambia | - | 356 | 1:44,536 | 2,919 |
| Mexico | 66% | 350 | 1:354,698 | 4,742 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 331 | 1:91,244 | 4,292 |
| Morocco | - | 300 | 1:114,495 | 3,629 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 284 | 1:36,730 | 2,763 |
| Germany | 70% | 276 | 1:350,282 | 4,266 |
| Chile | 92% | 253 | 1:69,594 | 2,107 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 250 | 1:2,324 | 383 |
| Colombia | 87% | 222 | 1:215,220 | 4,902 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 192 | 1:37,250 | 3,457 |
| New Zealand | - | 180 | 1:25,200 | 1,809 |
| Vanuatu | - | 159 | 1:1,646 | 442 |
| Japan | - | 142 | 1:901,310 | 14,396 |
| Ecuador | - | 138 | 1:128,456 | 2,766 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 130 | 1:123,911 | 2,432 |
| Ireland | 100% | 121 | 1:38,376 | 1,413 |
| Honduras | 100% | 121 | 1:72,872 | 2,750 |
| Scotland | 80% | 119 | 1:44,961 | 1,494 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| Namibia | - | 107 | 1:22,469 | 1,956 |
| Qatar | 100% | 107 | 1:22,146 | 3,142 |
| Denmark | - | 106 | 1:53,297 | 1,978 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Malta | - | 102 | 1:4,209 | 603 |
| Thailand | 89% | 88 | 1:796,202 | 32,006 |
| Congo | 79% | 77 | 1:65,055 | 4,588 |
| Singapore | 100% | 77 | 1:81,650 | 7,158 |
| Cambodia | 51% | 74 | 1:219,910 | 6,782 |
| Russia | 69% | 66 | 1:2,185,359 | 14,310 |
| South Korea | - | 66 | 1:84,006 | 4,586 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Wales | 65% | 65 | 1:47,605 | 1,705 |
| Spain | 100% | 64 | 1:727,031 | 7,550 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 62 | 1:29,728 | 1,084 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 61 | 1:389,667 | 25,052 |
| Botswana | 100% | 58 | 1:37,663 | 3,938 |
| Haiti | 100% | 56 | 1:191,553 | 8,651 |
| Panama | 100% | 55 | 1:71,028 | 4,055 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Finland | 94% | 51 | 1:107,513 | 2,467 |
| Italy | 76% | 46 | 1:1,327,437 | 10,603 |
| Costa Rica | 77% | 45 | 1:105,954 | 3,310 |
| Iraq | 100% | 43 | 1:814,369 | 7,317 |
| Norway | 100% | 39 | 1:131,598 | 3,847 |
| Switzerland | 80% | 37 | 1:221,986 | 4,956 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:320,862 | 717 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 32 | 1:188,073 | 4,946 |
| Madagascar | - | 25 | 1:945,176 | 2,170 |
| Iceland | - | 23 | 1:15,914 | 1,219 |
| Pakistan | 80% | 23 | 1:8,450,334 | 65,173 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 22 | 1:61,883 | 5,136 |
| Vietnam | - | 22 | 1:4,210,142 | 3,505 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 21 | 1:8,467 | 1,232 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Greece | 100% | 19 | 1:575,503 | 7,294 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Ivory Coast | 73% | 16 | 1:1,442,246 | 37,722 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 15 | 1:1,225,298 | 31,975 |
| Kazakhstan | 80% | 15 | 1:1,183,123 | 11,783 |
| Macau | - | 15 | 1:40,547 | 508 |
| Tunisia | - | 15 | 1:45,127 | 2,412 |
| Israel | 91% | 13 | 1:646,378 | 11,150 |
| Latvia | - | 13 | 1:155,050 | 2,346 |
| Marshall Islands | 78% | 13 | 1:3,941 | 611 |
| Guyana | 100% | 12 | 1:63,605 | 5,544 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 12 | 1:47,004 | 1,881 |
| Turkey | 100% | 12 | 1:6,483,476 | 25,958 |
| Uruguay | - | 12 | 1:285,636 | 4,451 |
| Belarus | 78% | 11 | 1:862,035 | 4,760 |
| Czechia | 50% | 11 | 1:968,742 | 3,396 |
| Senegal | 100% | 11 | 1:1,325,578 | 10,886 |
| Oman | - | 10 | 1:410,867 | 4,770 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Cyprus | - | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| El Salvador | - | 9 | 1:704,643 | 5,397 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Jordan | 100% | 9 | 1:980,753 | 5,354 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Yemen | - | 9 | 1:2,921,861 | 3,970 |
| Austria | 100% | 8 | 1:1,064,275 | 7,469 |
| Afghanistan | - | 6 | 1:5,437,253 | 29,511 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Argentina | 100% | 6 | 1:7,128,874 | 15,663 |
| Grenada | 100% | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Mauritius | - | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Nepal | - | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Paraguay | 80% | 5 | 1:1,447,361 | 8,023 |
| Barbados | - | 4 | 1:72,447 | 2,209 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Algeria | 100% | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Hungary | 50% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
The alternate forms: Sàmmy (1) & Sammý (1) are calculated separately.
Sammy (29,134) may also be a surname.
Sammy Forename Popularity
Sammy Demographics
Average Male Sammy Height
174.63 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 1,616 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sammy