Samagui Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Samagui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 107 | 1:96,594 | 11,054 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Samagui (14) may also be a first name.
Samagui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samagui Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samagui is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Samagui.
How Common Is The Last Name Samagui? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,573,888th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samagui live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samagui is also the 3,024,661st most common first name globally It is held by 14 people.
The last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 96,594. In Benin it is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 98 percent live, Atakora Department, where 1 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 1 percent live. Other than Benin it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 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 Samagui
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