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 surname Samaiah (Marathi: सिमहा) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaiah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 846,108th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. The surname Samaiah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Samaiah live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Samaiah is also the 189,138th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 1,658 people.
The surname Samaiah is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 320 people, or 1 in 2,397,079. In India it is primarily found in: Telangana, where 90 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 10 percent are found. Beside India it exists in 4 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Samaiah
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