Samaha Surname
Approximately 19,692 people bear this surname
Samaha Surname User-submission:
From Arabic, meaning 'forgiveness' or 'magnanimity'.
Samaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 13,393 | 1:6,864 | 838 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,902 | 1:10,633 | 1,467 |
| United States | 1,175 | 1:308,476 | 28,327 |
| Lebanon | 484 | 1:11,647 | 1,700 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Canada | 199 | 1:185,154 | 18,322 |
| United Arab Emirates | 182 | 1:50,342 | 5,021 |
| France | 173 | 1:383,946 | 56,838 |
| Brazil | 119 | 1:1,798,944 | 58,246 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Qatar | 87 | 1:27,103 | 2,847 |
| Australia | 82 | 1:329,216 | 28,102 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| England | 49 | 1:1,137,103 | 53,999 |
| Maldives | 45 | 1:8,982 | 730 |
| Argentina | 38 | 1:1,124,827 | 67,975 |
| Luxembourg | 35 | 1:16,587 | 3,734 |
| Syria | 32 | 1:603,157 | 5,622 |
| Mexico | 31 | 1:4,004,071 | 26,265 |
| Israel | 28 | 1:305,630 | 26,425 |
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Oman | 10 | 1:368,797 | 5,193 |
| Senegal | 10 | 1:1,457,934 | 3,873 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Jordan | 9 | 1:982,493 | 16,126 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Palestine | 7 | 1:649,836 | 13,939 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
The alternate forms: Samahá (3) are calculated separately.
Samaha (1,348) may also be a first name.
Samaha Surname Meaning
Samaha Demographics
Average Male Samaha Height
176.36 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Samaha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samaha (Arabic: سامحه, Hindi: समाहा) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Samahá. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 27,292nd most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 370,076 people. The last name Samaha is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Samaha live; 69 percent live in North Africa and 68 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 213,757th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 1,348 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is carried by 13,393 people, or 1 in 6,864. Other than Egypt Samaha occurs in 67 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.
Samaha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (46%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Samaha surname are 9.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.32% registered with the party.
The amount Samaha earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.76% less than the national average, earning 260,399 kr per year; in United States they earn 30.02% more than the national average, earning $56,103 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.66% more than the national average, earning $56,969 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samaha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samaha in the Hindi language | ||
| समाहा | samaha | 80 |
| समाह | samaha | 20 |
| Samaha in the Arabic language | ||
| سامحه | samhh | - |
| سماحة | smaht | - |
| ساميحه | samyhh | - |
| صميحه | smyhh | - |
| سماحه | smahh | - |
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