Samai Surname
Approximately 28,235 people bear this surname
Samai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8,814 | 1:87,028 | 5,803 |
| Sierra Leone | 8,757 | 1:810 | 153 |
| Algeria | 3,945 | 1:9,793 | 1,693 |
| Iran | 1,779 | 1:43,160 | 4,964 |
| Thailand | 1,308 | 1:54,005 | 6,477 |
| Indonesia | 1,295 | 1:102,123 | 10,505 |
| Morocco | 545 | 1:63,259 | 10,584 |
| Papua New Guinea | 541 | 1:15,072 | 1,459 |
| France | 224 | 1:296,530 | 45,363 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 187 | 1:7,294 | 1,089 |
| United States | 138 | 1:2,626,514 | 158,538 |
| Liberia | 96 | 1:45,922 | 4,138 |
| Pakistan | 93 | 1:1,920,902 | 18,821 |
| Malaysia | 77 | 1:383,042 | 20,138 |
| Ukraine | 67 | 1:679,443 | 71,859 |
| Hungary | 59 | 1:166,378 | 14,685 |
| Niger | 52 | 1:369,077 | 10,509 |
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| Nepal | 16 | 1:1,780,060 | 7,778 |
| Guyana | 14 | 1:54,444 | 4,775 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Cambodia | 9 | 1:1,720,794 | 6,732 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
The alternate forms: Samaï (5) & Samaî (1) are calculated separately.
Samai (82,884) may also be a first name.
Samai Demographics
Average Samai Salary in
United States
$45,274 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samai (Bengali: সমই, Georgian: სამაი, Hindi: समई, Marathi: समई, Oriya: ସମାଇ, Russian: Самаи) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Samaï or Samaî. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samai? popularity and diffusion
Samai is the 19,431st most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 258,103 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 48 percent of Samai live; 38 percent live in South Asia and 31 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Samai is also the 12,011th most commonly occurring forename at a global level It is held by 82,884 people.
Samai is most common in India, where it is borne by 8,814 people, or 1 in 87,028. In India it is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 87 percent live, Gujarat, where 10 percent live and Maharashtra, where 1 percent live. Apart from India it occurs in 60 countries. It is also common in Sierra Leone, where 31 percent live and Algeria, where 14 percent live.
Samai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Samai last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Samai surname are 14.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 67.74% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Samai earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 94.34% less than the national average, earning R 13,440 per year; in United States they earn 4.92% more than the national average, earning $45,274 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.47% less than the national average, earning $41,501 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samai in the Georgian language | ||
| სამაი | samai | - |
| Samai in the Hindi language | ||
| समई | sama'i | 86.91 |
| समाई | sama'i | 4.97 |
| समइ | sama'i | 3.39 |
| समै | samai | 2.18 |
| सामई | sama'i | 1.33 |
| समय | samaya | 0.48 |
| समाी | samai | 0.36 |
| समाइ | sama'i | 0.12 |
| समे | same | 0.12 |
| समी | sami | 0.12 |
| Samai in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମାଇ | sama'i | 77.63 |
| ସାମାଇ | sama'i | 12.5 |
| ସମାୟ | samaya | 3.73 |
| ସାମଇ | sama'i | 1.1 |
| ସମାଏ | sama'e | 1.1 |
| ସମାଈ | sama'i | 0.88 |
| ସାମାଏ | sama'e | 0.44 |
| ସାମାଈ | sama'i | 0.44 |
| ଶାମାଇ | sama'i | 0.22 |
| ସମୟ | samaya | 0.22 |
| ସମାୟୀ | samayi | 0.22 |
| ସମାୟି | samayi | 0.22 |
| ସନାଇ | sana'i | 0.22 |
| Samai in the Marathi language | ||
| समई | sama'i | 76.13 |
| सामाई | sama'i | 10.29 |
| समाई | sama'i | 6.58 |
| सामई | sama'i | 2.06 |
| समानी | samani | 0.82 |
| सोमई | soma'i | 0.41 |
| शम | sama | 0.41 |
| दामाजी | damaji | 0.41 |
| साळवी | salavi | 0.41 |
| Samai in the Bengali language | ||
| সমই | sama'i | 28.57 |
| সামাই | sama'i | 28.57 |
| সৌমাই | sauma'i | 14.29 |
| সমিা | samia | 14.29 |
| সমাই | sama'i | 14.29 |
| Samai in the Russian language | ||
| Самаи | samai | - |
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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 Samai
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