Samakai Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Samakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 225 | 1:70,444 | 6,147 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Samakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samakai (Hindi: समकाई, Marathi: सामकाई) occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samakai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,028,911th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname Samakai is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Samakai live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 225 people, or 1 in 70,444. In Zambia Samakai is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 39 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 29 percent live and North-Western Province, where 19 percent live. Excluding Zambia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and Angola, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samakai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samakai in the Hindi language | ||
| समकाई | samaka'i | - |
| Samakai in the Marathi language | ||
| सामकाई | samaka'i | - |
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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 Samakai
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