Samaina Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Samaina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Samaina (927) may also be a first name.
Samaina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaina Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samaina is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Samaina click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaina? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,746,821st most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 74 percent of Samaina are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samaina is also the 265,766th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 927 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 48 percent are found, Sokoto, where 26 percent are found and Adamawa, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 14 percent are found and Angola, where 8 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 Samaina
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