Samaka Surname
Approximately 3,145 people bear this surname
Samaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2,197 | 1:41,846 | 4,236 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Tanzania | 218 | 1:242,851 | 19,731 |
| Indonesia | 80 | 1:1,653,115 | 108,474 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 46 | 1:177,255 | 24,620 |
| Lebanon | 46 | 1:122,545 | 6,622 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Turkey | 15 | 1:5,188,095 | 110,069 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Şamaka (1) are calculated separately.
Samaka (4,642) may also be a first name.
Samaka Demographics
Samaka Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Samaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samaka (Bengali: সমকা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﻚ, Hindi: समका, Marathi: समका, Oriya: ସମକା) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Şamaka. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaka? popularity and diffusion
Samaka is the 141,650th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,317,185 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Samaka reside; 79 percent reside in North Africa and 70 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Samaka is also the 100,630th most widespread forename in the world It is held by 4,642 people.
The surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 2,197 people, or 1 in 41,846. Without taking into account Egypt this last name exists in 47 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 9 percent are found and Tanzania, where 7 percent are found.
Samaka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Shiite (93%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samaka in the Bengali language | ||
| সমকা | samaka | - |
| Samaka in the Hindi language | ||
| समका | samaka | 90.91 |
| सामका | samaka | 4.55 |
| समाका | samaka | 4.55 |
| Samaka in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମକା | samaka | 89.47 |
| ଶାମକା | samaka | 5.26 |
| ସମାକା | samaka | 5.26 |
| Samaka in the Marathi language | ||
| समका | samaka | 80.75 |
| सामका | samaka | 15.85 |
| समाका | samaka | 1.51 |
| शंकर | sankara | 1.13 |
| समया | samaya | 0.38 |
| Samaka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻤﻚ | smk | 50 |
| ﺳﻤﺎﻛﻲ | smaky | 50 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Samaka
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