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 last name Samaana (Arabic: سمعاني, Marathi: सामअना) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samaana is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 47 percent of Samaana live; 41 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 962,660th most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 97 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Samaana is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 71 percent live, Bauchi, where 14 percent live and Niger, where 14 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common 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
- 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 Samaana
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