Samail Surname
Approximately 2,438 people bear this surname
Samail Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,842 | 1:96,169 | 6,594 |
| Thailand | 192 | 1:367,908 | 64,616 |
| Pakistan | 108 | 1:1,654,110 | 17,254 |
| Iraq | 84 | 1:416,924 | 7,373 |
| Malaysia | 72 | 1:409,642 | 21,284 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| Niger | 30 | 1:639,734 | 15,675 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Samail (2,909) may also be a first name.
Samail Demographics
Samail Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Samail Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samail Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samail (Arabic: ساماعيل, Georgian: სამაილ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ, Hindi: समाइल, Marathi: समाईल, Oriya: ସାମାଇଲ, Russian: Самаил) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Samail.
How Common Is The Last Name Samail? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 175,670th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,989,149 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Samail are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 134,657th most frequently held first name globally, held by 2,909 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,842 people, or 1 in 96,169. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Katsina, where 17 percent are found, Kano, where 15 percent are found and Kaduna, where 12 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 8 percent are found and Pakistan, where 4 percent are found.
Samail Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samail Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samail in the Georgian language | ||
| სამაილ | samail | - |
| Samail in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ | asmayl | - |
| Samail in the Hindi language | ||
| समाइल | sama'ila | 56 |
| समैल | samaila | 20 |
| समाईल | sama'ila | 12 |
| समईल | sama'ila | 4 |
| सामैल | samaila | 4 |
| समइल | sama'ila | 4 |
| Samail in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାମାଇଲ | sama'ila | 55.56 |
| ସାମାଇଲ୍ | sama'il | 22.22 |
| ସମାଇଲ୍ | sama'il | 11.11 |
| ସମାଇଲ | sama'ila | 11.11 |
| Samail in the Marathi language | ||
| समाईल | sama'ila | 25 |
| समईल | sama'ila | 25 |
| माईल | ma'ila | 25 |
| सामैल | samaila | 12.5 |
| समाइल | sama'ila | 12.5 |
| Samail in the Russian language | ||
| Самаил | samail | - |
| Samail in the Arabic language | ||
| ساماعيل | samayl | - |
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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
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