Samaiah Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Samaiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 320 | 1:2,397,079 | 77,570 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samaiah (1,658) may also be a first name.
Samaiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samaiah (Marathi: सिमहा) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaiah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 846,108th most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. The surname Samaiah is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Samaiah reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 189,138th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 1,658 people.
The last name is most common in India, where it is held by 320 people, or 1 in 2,397,079. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Telangana, where 90 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 10 percent are found. Excluding India this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 0 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samaiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samaiah in the Marathi language | ||
| सिमहा | simaha | 50 |
| समैयाह | samaiyaha | 50 |
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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 Samaiah
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