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
Saamee is most common in The Maldives. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saamee? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,689,253rd most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Saamee reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 92 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 27 people.
The last name Saamee is most frequently held in The Maldives, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 8,420. In The Maldives it is mostly found in: Malé, where 35 percent reside, Haa Dhaalu Atoll, where 21 percent reside and Raa Atoll, where 8 percent reside. Besides The Maldives Saamee occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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