Samalang Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Samalang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samalang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2001:661,24651,715
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Samalang (59) may also be a first name.

Samalang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Samalang is found most in Indonesia. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samalang? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,163,787th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Samalang live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Samalang is also the 1,282,666th most widely held forename internationally, held by 59 people.

The last name Samalang is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 661,246. In Indonesia Samalang is most common in: North Sulawesi, where 92 percent reside, Gorontalo, where 5 percent reside and Central Sulawesi, where 4 percent reside. Other than Indonesia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.

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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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  • 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 Samalang
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