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) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Samaiah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaiah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samaiah is the 846,108th most common surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. It 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 widespread given name on earth, borne by 1,658 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 320 people, or 1 in 2,397,079. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Telangana, where 90 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 10 percent live. Besides India this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 0 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.
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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