Samaio Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Samaio Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Samaio Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaio Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samaio is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaio? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Samaio occurs mostly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Samaio are found; 48 percent are found in South America and 48 percent are found in Luso-South America.
This last name is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 21,407,433. In Brazil Samaio is most frequent in: Ceará, where 30 percent are found, São Paulo, where 30 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 20 percent are found. Besides Brazil this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 48 percent are found and Pakistan, where 5 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 Samaio
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