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
The surname Samailou is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samailou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 561,353rd most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 12,898,311 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samailou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Chadic Africa. Samailou is also the 488,964th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 322 people.
The last name Samailou is most frequently held in Niger, where it is borne by 563 people, or 1 in 34,089. In Niger Samailou is most common in: Tillabéri Region, where 81 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 10 percent are found and Agadez Region, where 4 percent are found. Not including Niger this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 0 percent are found and Iraq, where 0 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 Samailou
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