Saamah Surname
Approximately 405 people bear this surname
Saamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 335 | 1:394,774 | 33,570 |
| Malaysia | 63 | 1:468,162 | 23,720 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Saamah (4,146) may also be a first name.
Saamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saamah is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saamah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 719,876th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 17,993,941 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Saamah are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 107,959th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 4,146 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 335 people, or 1 in 394,774. In Indonesia Saamah is primarily concentrated in: West Java, where 44 percent live, Bangka Belitung Islands, where 19 percent live and East Kalimantan, where 13 percent live. Besides Indonesia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 16 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.
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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 Saamah
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