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
The surname Saamah occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saamah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 719,876th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 17,993,941 people. The surname is primarily found 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. Saamah is also the 107,959th most frequently used forename worldwide. It is borne by 4,146 people.
This last name is most prevalent 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. Other than Indonesia this last name 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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