Samaita Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Samaita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 141 | 1:109,491 | 15,099 |
| Kenya | 60 | 1:769,665 | 31,365 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
The alternate forms: Samaitä (1) are calculated separately.
Samaita (222) may also be a first name.
Samaita Demographics
Samaita Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Samaita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaita Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samaita (Hindi: समैता, Marathi: समईता) is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Samaitä. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaita? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samaita is the 1,118,459th most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. The last name Samaita is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Samaita live; 65 percent live in Southern Africa and 65 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Samaita is also the 605,116th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 222 people.
This surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 109,491. In Zimbabwe Samaita is most frequent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 30 percent live, Harare Province, where 27 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 14 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 28 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Samaita Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Samaita last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samaita Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samaita in the Marathi language | ||
| समईता | sama'ita | - |
| Samaita in the Hindi language | ||
| समैता | samaita | 33.33 |
| समईता | sama'ita | 33.33 |
| समइता | sama'ita | 33.33 |
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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 Samaita
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