Peter Samuel Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Peter Samuel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peter Samuel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458

Peter Samuel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Peter Samuel Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Peter Samuel is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Peter Samuel.

How Common Is The Last Name Peter Samuel? popularity and diffusion

Peter Samuel is the 6,360,413th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Peter Samuel occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Peter Samuel live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most common in: Nasarawa, where 50 percent are found and Rivers, where 50 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 33 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
  • 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 Peter Samuel
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