Sahmo Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Sahmo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 63 | 1:329,668 | 30,059 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
The alternate forms: Şahmo (43) are calculated separately.
Sahmo (335) may also be a first name.
Sahmo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahmo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sahmo (Hindi: सहमो) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant: Şahmo. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahmo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sahmo is the 2,152,526th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Sahmo live; 79 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 478,225th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 335 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 329,668. In Cameroon Sahmo is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 37 percent reside, Centre Region, where 29 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 29 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 13 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahmo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahmo in the Hindi language | ||
| सहमो | sahamo | - |
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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 Sahmo
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