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
Samaka (Bengali: সমকা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﻚ, Hindi: समका, Marathi: समका, Oriya: ସମକା) occurs most in Egypt. It can also appear in the variant forms: Şamaka. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samaka is the 141,650th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,317,185 people. The last name Samaka is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Samaka live; 79 percent live in North Africa and 70 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Samaka is also the 100,630th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 4,642 people.
This surname is most widely held in Egypt, where it is carried by 2,197 people, or 1 in 41,846. Besides Egypt it exists in 47 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 9 percent reside and Tanzania, where 7 percent reside.
Samaka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Samaka surname is predominantly 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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