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
The surname Samaki (Hindi: समकी, Marathi: सामकी, Russian: Самаки) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Şamaki. For other possible spellings of Samaki click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samaki? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 165,957th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,793,233 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Samaki live; 43 percent live in Central Africa and 30 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Samaki is also the 167,097th most frequently held given name in the world, borne by 2,039 people.
The last name Samaki is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,185 people, or 1 in 17,527. In Cameroon Samaki is mostly found in: North Region, where 38 percent live, East Region, where 28 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 28 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 20 percent live and The DR Congo, where 15 percent live.
Samaki Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Samaki surname is principally 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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