Samakia Surname

351,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,036 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Samakia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samakia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria7361:26,2241,779
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
Lebanon291:194,3828,317
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Samakia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samakia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Samakia is found in Syria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Samakia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samakia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 351,873rd most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 7,034,311 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Samakia are found; 74 percent are found in West Asia and 74 percent are found in Levant.

Samakia is most frequently held in Syria, where it is carried by 736 people, or 1 in 26,224. In Syria Samakia is primarily concentrated in: Aleppo Governorate, where 100 percent reside and Damascus Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Besides Syria this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 24 percent reside and Lebanon, where 3 percent reside.

Samakia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Samakia surname is primarily Sunni (95%) in Lebanon.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Samakia
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