Sam Sam Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Sam Sam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sam Sam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sam Sam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sam Sam is most common in South Africa. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sam Sam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sam Sam reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa Sam Sam is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 63 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 25 percent live and Gauteng, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 7 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 Sam Sam
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