Samako Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Samako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Samako (418) may also be a first name.
Samako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samako Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samako (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺎﻛﻮ, Hindi: समको, Marathi: सामको) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samako? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samako is the 1,478,479th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Samako reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 420,385th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 418 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bauchi, where 73 percent are found, Lagos, where 10 percent are found and Oyo, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 20 percent are found and India, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samako Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samako in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﺎﻛﻮ | smakw | - |
| Samako in the Marathi language | ||
| सामको | samako | 83.33 |
| सानको | sanako | 5.56 |
| समको | samako | 5.56 |
| शामको | samako | 5.56 |
| Samako in the Hindi language | ||
| समको | samako | 75 |
| सामको | samako | 25 |
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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 Samako
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