Samaan Surname
Approximately 298,368 people bear this surname
Samaan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 275,040 | 1:70 | 10 |
| Lebanon | 9,894 | 1:570 | 97 |
| Egypt | 6,956 | 1:13,217 | 1,576 |
| Iraq | 1,541 | 1:22,727 | 1,245 |
| United States | 1,160 | 1:312,465 | 28,618 |
| Saudi Arabia | 795 | 1:38,812 | 5,622 |
| Jordan | 660 | 1:13,398 | 2,272 |
| Somalia | 441 | 1:30,504 | 1,579 |
| Kuwait | 280 | 1:13,574 | 1,857 |
| Indonesia | 246 | 1:537,598 | 43,441 |
| Palestine | 209 | 1:21,765 | 3,344 |
| Canada | 178 | 1:206,998 | 20,123 |
| France | 115 | 1:577,589 | 77,507 |
| United Arab Emirates | 108 | 1:84,836 | 7,825 |
| Australia | 84 | 1:321,377 | 27,634 |
| Venezuela | 75 | 1:402,721 | 8,293 |
| Sweden | 64 | 1:153,856 | 10,752 |
| Malaysia | 62 | 1:475,713 | 24,024 |
| England | 59 | 1:944,374 | 47,923 |
| Brazil | 52 | 1:4,116,814 | 111,429 |
| Qatar | 50 | 1:47,160 | 4,880 |
| Germany | 37 | 1:2,175,823 | 115,720 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Pakistan | 35 | 1:5,104,111 | 32,876 |
| Peru | 26 | 1:1,222,466 | 20,703 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Maldives | 14 | 1:28,869 | 1,682 |
| Chile | 14 | 1:1,258,320 | 22,898 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Grenada | 5 | 1:21,707 | 1,054 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
The alternate forms: Samaán (2) are calculated separately.
Samaan (5,090) may also be a first name.
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Samaan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samaan (Arabic: صاميان, Hindi: समआन, Marathi: समान, Russian: Самаан) occurs more in Syria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Samaán. Click here for further possible spellings of Samaan.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samaan is the 1,835th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 24,425 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Samaan live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 96 percent live in Levant. Samaan is also the 95,155th most frequently held given name worldwide It is held by 5,090 people.
The last name Samaan is most numerous in Syria, where it is held by 275,040 people, or 1 in 70. In Syria it is mostly found in: Idlib Governorate, where 57 percent reside, Latakia Governorate, where 36 percent reside and Tartus Governorate, where 6 percent reside. Not including Syria this surname exists in 62 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 3 percent reside and Egypt, where 2 percent reside.
Samaan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Samaan last name is primarily Maronite (56%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Samaan last name are 2.09% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.14% being registered with the political party.
The amount Samaan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 64.63% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,914 per year; in United States they earn 16.86% more than the national average, earning $50,422 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.95% more than the national average, earning $54,628 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samaan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samaan in the Hindi language | ||
| समआन | sama'ana | - |
| Samaan in the Marathi language | ||
| समान | samana | - |
| Samaan in the Russian language | ||
| Самаан | samaan | - |
| Samaan in the Arabic language | ||
| صاميان | samyan | - |
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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 Samaan
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