Samahan Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Samahan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 50 | 1:1,412,767 | 195,138 |
| Philippines | 45 | 1:2,249,738 | 125,194 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Samahan (54) may also be a first name.
Samahan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samahan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samahan (Hindi: समाहन, Marathi: समाधान) has its highest incidence in Thailand. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samahan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,727,723rd most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. Samahan is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Samahan live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 45 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 54 people.
This last name is most common in Thailand, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 1,412,767. In Thailand Samahan is most frequent in: Nong Khai Province, where 70 percent live, Bangkok, where 20 percent live and Samut Prakan Province, where 8 percent live. Excluding Thailand this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 40 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samahan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samahan in the Hindi language | ||
| समाहन | samahana | - |
| Samahan in the Marathi language | ||
| समाधान | samadhana | 83.33 |
| सकाहारी | sakahari | 16.67 |
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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 Samahan
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