bin Sams Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

bin Sams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

bin Sams Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia341:867,47739,690
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

bin Sams Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name bin Sams Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name bin Sams (Hindi: सम्स) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name bin Sams? popularity and diffusion

bin Sams is the 3,323,005th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of bin Sams live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

It is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 867,477. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Kelantan, where 32 percent live, Johor, where 21 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 12 percent live. Apart from Malaysia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
bin Shams941,425/
bin Shamsh895/
bint Shams891/
bin Jams881/
bin Sans881/
bin Shamsdd841/
Ben Shams8224/
bin Jeams821/
bin Shans821/
bin Zamse821/
bin Zamz754/
bin Jaamzt671/
Ben Chamsse631/
bin Zanz631/

bin Sams Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
bin Sams in the Hindi language
सम्सsamsa-

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to bin Sams
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