Samailou Surname
Approximately 565 people bear this surname
Samailou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 563 | 1:34,089 | 1,884 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Samailou (322) may also be a first name.
Samailou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samailou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samailou is found most in Niger. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samailou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samailou is the 561,353rd most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 12,898,311 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samailou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 488,964th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 322 people.
It is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 563 people, or 1 in 34,089. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 81 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 10 percent reside and Agadez Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Niger this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 0 percent reside and Iraq, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Samailou
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