Samaah Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Samaah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 39 | 1:10,363 | 806 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Samaah (1,570) may also be a first name.
Samaah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samaah (Arabic: سمعاه) is found in The Maldives more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,994,173rd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Samaah live; 61 percent live in South Asia and 61 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 195,408th most widespread first name globally, held by 1,570 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The Maldives, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 10,363. In The Maldives it is mostly found in: Malé, where 33 percent are found, Seenu Atoll, where 10 percent are found and Raa Atoll, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The Maldives it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 28 percent are found and Iran, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samaah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samaah in the Arabic language | ||
| سمعاه | smah | - |
| سمعيه | smyh | - |
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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
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- 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 Samaah
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