Samailla Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Samailla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 185 | 1:103,741 | 4,228 |
| Nigeria | 177 | 1:1,000,807 | 42,311 |
| Tanzania | 86 | 1:615,600 | 37,853 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
The alternate forms: Samaïlla (1) are calculated separately.
Samailla (525) may also be a first name.
Samailla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samailla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samailla is found most frequently in Niger. It can also be rendered as a variant: Samaïlla. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samailla? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 657,184th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 15,911,672 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samailla live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 368,302nd most common first name globally. It is borne by 525 people.
The last name Samailla is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 185 people, or 1 in 103,741. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Maradi Region, where 57 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 23 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Niger this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 39 percent are found and Tanzania, where 19 percent are found.
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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 Samailla
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