Samakashvili Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Samakashvili Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 415 | 1:9,025 | 2,015 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Abkhazia | 6 | 1:40,478 | 2,603 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samakashvili Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samakashvili Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samakashvili (Georgian: სამაკაშვილი, Russian: Самакашвили) occurs most in Georgia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samakashvili? popularity and diffusion
It is the 686,443rd most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 16,869,319 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Samakashvili reside; 97 percent reside in West Asia and 96 percent reside in Kartvelo-West Asia.
The last name Samakashvili is most numerous in Georgia, where it is held by 415 people, or 1 in 9,025. In Georgia it is mostly concentrated in: Tbilisi, where 34 percent are found, Kvemo Kartli, where 30 percent are found and Imereti, where 28 percent are found. Besides Georgia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 2 percent are found and Abkhazia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samukashvili | 92 | 158 | / |
| Jamakashvili | 92 | 1 | / |
| Samkishvili | 87 | 1 | / |
| Dzhamakashvili | 85 | 1 | / |
| Zamukashvili | 83 | 1,479 | / |
| Somkhiashvili | 80 | 24 | / |
| Somkishvili | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chomakhashvili | 77 | 449 | / |
| Somkhishvili | 75 | 1,111 | / |
| Somkhashvyly | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chomakhashvyly | 62 | 8 | / |
| Somkhyshvyly | 58 | 14 | / |
Samakashvili Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samakashvili in the Georgian language | ||
| სამაკაშვილი | samakashvili | - |
| Samakashvili in the Russian language | ||
| Самакашвили | samakasvili | - |
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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 Samakashvili
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