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 surname Esamai (Marathi: एसंमाई) is most common in Kenya. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Esamai.
How Common Is The Last Name Esamai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 975,866th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 27,500,173 people. Esamai occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Esamai reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 864,112th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, borne by 117 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 344,626. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Busia County, where 94 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 3 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 49 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
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
- 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 Esamai
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