Samalau Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Samalau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
Samalau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samalau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samalau is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samalau? popularity and diffusion
Samalau is the 3,323,005th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Samalau is predominantly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Samalau live; 69 percent live in Southeast Asia and 69 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 5,510,383. In Indonesia Samalau is primarily concentrated in: West Java, where 88 percent are found and Central Sulawesi, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia it occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent are found.
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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 Samalau
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