Saamee Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Saamee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 48 | 1:8,420 | 698 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Saamee (27) may also be a first name.
Saamee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saamee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saamee is carried by more people in The Maldives than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Saamee? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,689,253rd most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Saamee live; 92 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 27 people.
The last name Saamee is most frequent in The Maldives, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 8,420. In The Maldives it is mostly concentrated in: Malé, where 35 percent reside, Haa Dhaalu Atoll, where 21 percent reside and Raa Atoll, where 8 percent reside. Outside of The Maldives it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Saamee
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