Ah Sam Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Ah Sam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Polynesia | 37 | 1:7,589 | 1,667 |
| American Samoa | 33 | 1:1,690 | 316 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Samoa | 9 | 1:21,534 | 479 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Ah Sam (265) may also be a first name.
Ah Sam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ah Sam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ah Sam is held by more people in French Polynesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ah Sam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,806,862nd most widely held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 76 percent of Ah Sam reside; 76 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 76 percent reside in Polynesia. It is also the 546,451st most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 265 people.
It is most commonly occurring in French Polynesia, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 7,589. Outside of French Polynesia Ah Sam exists in 6 countries. It is also common in American Samoa, where 32 percent are found and Malaysia, where 21 percent are found.
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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
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- 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
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