Abd Samad Surname
Approximately 599 people bear this surname
Abd Samad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 420 | 1:70,224 | 5,091 |
| Brunei | 154 | 1:2,719 | 472 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Abd Samad (4,691) may also be a first name.
Abd Samad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abd Samad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abd Samad is found most in Malaysia. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abd Samad? popularity and diffusion
It is the 537,454th most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 12,166,187 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Abd Samad are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 100,025th most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 4,691 people.
The last name is most common in Malaysia, where it is borne by 420 people, or 1 in 70,224. In Malaysia Abd Samad is most numerous in: Selangor, where 26 percent reside, Johor, where 21 percent reside and Pahang, where 10 percent reside. Beside Malaysia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brunei, where 26 percent reside and Singapore, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abd Shamad | 95 | 1 | / |
| Abd Sama | 94 | 2 | / |
| Abd Samat | 89 | 126 | / |
| Abd Samah | 89 | 4 | / |
| Abd Shamah | 84 | 1 | / |
| Abd Shamat | 84 | 1 | / |
| Abd Shomad | 84 | 1 | / |
| Abd Sammath | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abd Somod | 78 | 1 | / |
| Abd Somat | 78 | 1 | / |
| Abd Zamah | 78 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- 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 Abd Samad
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