Samaila Surname
Approximately 236,839 people bear this surname
Samaila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 203,136 | 1:872 | 107 |
| Niger | 33,187 | 1:578 | 94 |
| Indonesia | 236 | 1:560,378 | 45,049 |
| Cameroon | 174 | 1:119,362 | 13,671 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Burkina Faso | 14 | 1:1,310,864 | 11,575 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
The alternate forms: Samaïla (85) & Samaîla (26) are calculated separately.
Samaila (210,407) may also be a first name.
Samaila Demographics
Average Samaila Salary in
United States
$61,482 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samaila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samaila (Bengali: সমাইলা, Hindi: समाईला, Marathi: समैला) occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant: Samaïla or Samaîla. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaila? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samaila is the 2,313th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,770 people. The surname Samaila is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samaila reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samaila is also the 4,967th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 210,407 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 203,136 people, or 1 in 872. In Nigeria Samaila is most prevalent in: Katsina, where 15 percent live, Bauchi, where 10 percent live and Zamfara, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 28 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 14 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.
Samaila Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Samaila surname is chiefly Muslim (89%) in Nigeria.
Samaila earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 42.49% more than the national average, earning $61,482 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samaila Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samaila in the Bengali language | ||
| সমাইলা | sama'ila | - |
| Samaila in the Marathi language | ||
| समैला | samaila | 50 |
| समाईला | sama'ila | 50 |
| Samaila in the Hindi language | ||
| समाईला | sama'ila | 44.83 |
| समैला | samaila | 31.03 |
| समाइला | sama'ila | 24.14 |
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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 Samaila
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