Samaki Surname
Approximately 2,609 people bear this surname
Samaki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,185 | 1:17,527 | 2,397 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| DR Congo | 397 | 1:186,095 | 18,831 |
| Nigeria | 293 | 1:604,583 | 28,901 |
| Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1:118,170 | 16,048 |
| Iran | 41 | 1:1,872,744 | 68,622 |
| Tanzania | 23 | 1:2,301,809 | 48,176 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Şamaki (45) are calculated separately.
Samaki (2,039) may also be a first name.
Samaki Demographics
Samaki Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Samaki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samaki Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samaki (Hindi: समकी, Marathi: सामकी, Russian: Самаки) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Şamaki. Click here to see other potential spellings of Samaki.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaki? popularity and diffusion
Samaki is the 165,957th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,793,233 people. The surname Samaki occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Samaki reside; 43 percent reside in Central Africa and 30 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 167,097th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 2,039 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,185 people, or 1 in 17,527. In Cameroon Samaki is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 38 percent live, East Region, where 28 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 28 percent live. Not including Cameroon this surname exists in 29 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 20 percent live and The DR Congo, where 15 percent live.
Samaki Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Samaki surname is predominantly Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samaki Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samaki in the Hindi language | ||
| समकी | samaki | 97.56 |
| सामकी | samaki | 1.22 |
| समाकी | samaki | 1.22 |
| Samaki in the Marathi language | ||
| सामकी | samaki | 71.43 |
| सामािक | samaika | 14.29 |
| समकी | samaki | 14.29 |
| Samaki in the Russian language | ||
| Самаки | samaki | - |
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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 Samaki
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