Samaana Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Samaana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Samaana (97) may also be a first name.
Samaana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samaana (Arabic: سمعاني, Marathi: सामअना) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Samaana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaana? popularity and diffusion
Samaana is the 4,772,636th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 47 percent of Samaana live; 41 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samaana is also the 962,660th most widely held given name world-wide It is held by 97 people.
The last name Samaana is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most common in: Zamfara, where 71 percent live, Bauchi, where 14 percent live and Niger, where 14 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samaana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samaana in the Marathi language | ||
| सामअना | sama'ana | - |
| Samaana in the Arabic language | ||
| سمعاني | smany | - |
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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 Samaana
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