Samalan Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Samalan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 83 | 1:1,593,364 | 105,506 |
| Philippines | 61 | 1:1,659,643 | 109,715 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Samalan (65) may also be a first name.
Samalan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samalan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samalan (Hindi: समलान, Marathi: समलन, Oriya: ସାମଲାନ) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samalan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samalan is the 1,434,893rd most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Samalan live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 91 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,212,820th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 65 people.
It is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 1,593,364. In Indonesia Samalan is most numerous in: West Java, where 88 percent reside, North Sulawesi, where 6 percent reside and West Kalimantan, where 6 percent reside. Beside Indonesia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 41 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samalan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samalan in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାମଲାନ | samalana | - |
| Samalan in the Marathi language | ||
| समलन | samalana | - |
| Samalan in the Hindi language | ||
| समलान | samalana | 86.67 |
| समलां | samalam | 6.67 |
| समालन | samalana | 6.67 |
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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 Samalan
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