Esamai Surname
Approximately 265 people bear this surname
Esamai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 134 | 1:344,626 | 20,573 |
| Uganda | 130 | 1:300,302 | 20,842 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Esamai (117) may also be a first name.
Esamai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Esamai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Esamai (Marathi: एसंमाई) is most common in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Esamai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Esamai is the 975,866th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,500,173 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Esamai are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Esamai is also the 864,112th most commonly held forename world-wide It is held by 117 people.
The last name Esamai is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 344,626. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Busia County, where 94 percent live, Bungoma County, where 3 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 3 percent live. Excluding Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 49 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Esamai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Esamai in the Marathi language | ||
| एसंमाई | esamma'i | - |
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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 Esamai
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