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
The last name Samaita (Hindi: समैता, Marathi: समईता) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Samaitä. For other possible spellings of Samaita click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaita? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,118,459th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Samaita reside; 65 percent reside in Southern Africa and 65 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Samaita is also the 605,116th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, borne by 222 people.
The surname Samaita is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 109,491. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 30 percent are found, Harare Province, where 27 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 28 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
Samaita Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Samaita last name is chiefly 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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